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: Received: 14 January 2021 / Approved: 15 January 2021 / Online: 15 January 2021 (16:08:15 CET)
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Zhu, B.; Wu, Y.; Cai, Z.; Liao, C.; Sun, L.; Liu, Z.; Chen, H.; Huang, X.; Feng, R.; Ye, S.; Lin, Q.; Zhou, X.; Zhang, M.; Yang, B. Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score is a Prognostic Indicator for Patients with Hemorrhagic Stroke: Results from a 3-month Follow-up Study. Preprints2021, 2021010303 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202101.0303.v1).
Zhu, B.; Wu, Y.; Cai, Z.; Liao, C.; Sun, L.; Liu, Z.; Chen, H.; Huang, X.; Feng, R.; Ye, S.; Lin, Q.; Zhou, X.; Zhang, M.; Yang, B. Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score is a Prognostic Indicator for Patients with Hemorrhagic Stroke: Results from a 3-month Follow-up Study. Preprints 2021, 2021010303 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202101.0303.v1).
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Zhu, B.; Wu, Y.; Cai, Z.; Liao, C.; Sun, L.; Liu, Z.; Chen, H.; Huang, X.; Feng, R.; Ye, S.; Lin, Q.; Zhou, X.; Zhang, M.; Yang, B. Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score is a Prognostic Indicator for Patients with Hemorrhagic Stroke: Results from a 3-month Follow-up Study. Preprints2021, 2021010303 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202101.0303.v1).
Zhu, B.; Wu, Y.; Cai, Z.; Liao, C.; Sun, L.; Liu, Z.; Chen, H.; Huang, X.; Feng, R.; Ye, S.; Lin, Q.; Zhou, X.; Zhang, M.; Yang, B. Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score is a Prognostic Indicator for Patients with Hemorrhagic Stroke: Results from a 3-month Follow-up Study. Preprints 2021, 2021010303 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202101.0303.v1).
Abstract
Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score is useful for the nutritional screening. We aimed to explore whether the CONUT score may predict a 3-month functional outcome in hemorrhagic stroke (AHS). Totally, 349 patients with incident AHS were consecutively recruited, and their malnutrition risks were determined using a high CONUT score of ≥ 2. Poor functional outcomes were defined as the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score of ≥ 3 at 3 months. A total of 328 patients (mean age, 60.4 ± 12.83 years; 66.8% male) were included, 172 (52.40%) patients at malnutrition risk and 104 (31.7%) patients with a poor prognosis. High-CONUT patients had lower total lymphocyte counts and total cholesterol levels than low-CONUT patients (p < 0.001 and p = 0.012). At 3-month post discharge, patients with malnutrition risk had higher hospitalization costs (p = 0.021), lower Barthel Index (p = 0.001), and more infectious complications (p = 0.002) than those without, and there was a greater risk for poor functional outcomes in the high-CONUT compared with the low-CONUT patients at admission (adjusted odds ratio: 2.32, 95% confidence interval: 1.28-4.17). High-CONUT scores predict a 3-month poor prognosis in AHS, which may help identify the AHS patients who need additional nutritional managements.
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