Mortality Risk

New data published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found no sex-related differences in all-cause mortality after acute HF hospitalization.

People with a smoking history who quit, especially at younger ages, avoid much of the excess risk for dying of cancer associated with continued smoking, according to a prospective study published in JAMA Oncology.

In addition to being male and of older age, being Black or Hispanic can increase a patient’s risk for hyperkalemia recurrence within 1 year of a hyperkalemia event, according to data presented at ASN Kidney Week.

Women face a greater risk for mortality than men following kidney failure, according to a study published in The BMJ.

Those on dialysis or who have previously received a kidney transplant face a higher risk for COVID-19-related death after infection due to the way the virus amplifies these patients’ already intense immunophenotypic alterations.

Discussing weight gain and prescribing weight loss therapies or interventions for people with a BMI of 25 kg/m2 or greater could help reduce mortality risk and slow the progression of obesity, according to a speaker.

The gap in life expectancy between Black and white Americans has narrowed over the past 3 decades from 7 years to 3.6 years, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

Older age and high C-reactive protein were associated with an increased risk for death among people with diabetes hospitalized with COVID-19 in one region of England, according to a speaker.

In a new study, rates of all-cause mortality in the year after hospitalization for pneumonia were high and were associated with increasing age and a worse comorbidity profile, researchers reported in Respiratory Medicine.

Among adults with diabetes, increasing BP at night was associated with an almost doubled increase in mortality risk, according to new results presented at the American Heart Association’s Hypertension Scientific Sessions.