Transferrin Saturation and Hospital Length of Stay and Mortality in Medicare Beneficiaries

Objectives To evaluate in a large, nationally representative cohort the association between high serum transferrin saturation (TS) and hospital length of stay and mortality in older adults. Design Prospective cohort. Setting Longitudinal analyses of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examinatio...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 2013-01, Vol.61 (1), p.132-136
Hauptverfasser:	Mainous III, Arch G., Diaz, Vanessa A., Knoll, Michele E., Hulihan, Mary M., Grant, Althea M., Wright, Robert U.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Aged Biological and medical sciences Biomarkers Chronic Disease Education Epidemiology Ethnic groups Female Follow-Up Studies General aspects Hemochromatosis - blood Hemochromatosis - mortality Hospital Mortality - trends Hospitalization Hospitals Hospitals - statistics & numerical data Humans Length of Stay - economics Male Medical sciences Medicare Medicare - economics Medicare - statistics & numerical data Miscellaneous Mortality National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Nutrition Nutrition Surveys Odds Ratio Older people Prospective Studies Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Transferrin - metabolism transferrin saturation United States - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Objectives To evaluate in a large, nationally representative cohort the association between high serum transferrin saturation (TS) and hospital length of stay and mortality in older adults. Design Prospective cohort. Setting Longitudinal analyses of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey linked to Medicare claims from 1991 through 2006. Participants Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older at baseline. Measurements Transferrin saturation collected on each participant at baseline was characterized as
ISSN:	0002-8614 1532-5415
DOI:	10.1111/jgs.12044