Prevalence of iron deficiency in patients admitted to a geriatric unit : a multicenter cross-sectional study

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BACKGROUND: Iron deficiency (ID) is often associated with other comorbidities in older patients and is a factor of morbimortality. However, the prevalence of ID remains poorly documented in this population.

METHODS: The CARENFER PA study was a French multicenter cross-sectional study whose objective was to evaluate ID in patients (> 75 years) admitted to a geriatric unit. The primary endpoint was the ID prevalence defined as: serum ferritin < 100 µg/L and/or transferrin saturation coefficient (TSAT) < 20%. The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) test was used to identify older patients at high risk of adverse events (e.g., disability, falls, hospitalization, death).

RESULTS: A total of 888 patients (mean age, 85.2 years; women, 63.5%) from 16 French centers were included from October 2022 to December 2022. The prevalence of ID was 57.6% (95% CI, 54.3-60.9) in the cohort of older patients (62.6% in anemic and 53.3% in non-anemic patients; p = 0.0062). ID prevalence increased significantly with the presence of more than three comorbidities (65.6% vs. 55.9%; p = 0.0274), CRP ≥ 12 mg/L (73.0% vs. 49.3%; p < 0.001) and treatment that may influence ID/anemia (60.5% vs. 49.6%; p = 0.0042). In multivariate analysis, only CRP ≥ 12 mg/L was an independent predictive factor of ID (odds ratio, 2.78; 95% CI, 1.92-4.08; p < 0.001). SPPB scores were low (0-6) in 60.5% of patients with ID versus 48.6% of patients without ID (p = 0.0076).

CONCLUSION: More than half of older patients had ID, including non-anemic patients. ID was associated with the presence of inflammation and a low SPPB score.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT05514951.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

BMC geriatrics - 24(2024), 1 vom: 30. Jan., Seite 112

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fougère, Bertrand [VerfasserIn]
Puisieux, François [VerfasserIn]
Chevalet, Pascal [VerfasserIn]
Annweiler, Cédric [VerfasserIn]
Michel, Emeline [VerfasserIn]
Joly, Laure [VerfasserIn]
Blanc, Frédéric [VerfasserIn]
Azouzi, Abdelghani El [VerfasserIn]
Desré-Follet, Valérie [VerfasserIn]
Cacoub, Patrice [VerfasserIn]
CARENFER PA study group* [VerfasserIn]
Billet, Anne-Sophie [Sonstige Person]
Fiasson, Florent [Sonstige Person]
Garnier-Crussard, Antoine [Sonstige Person]
Goidin, Isabelle [Sonstige Person]
Paccalin, Marc [Sonstige Person]
Parnet, Laure [Sonstige Person]
Sarasibar, Mikel [Sonstige Person]
Thomas, Caroline [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Anemia
Clinical Trial
Intravenous iron
Iron deficiency
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Older patient
Serum ferritin
Transferrin saturation

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 07.02.2024

Date Revised 07.02.2024

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05514951

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12877-024-04719-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36777593X