Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in subjects with congestive heart failure undergoing cardiac rehabilitation: A decision tree analysis

Authors

  • Pasquale Ambrosino
  • Domenico Scrutinio
  • Maurizio De Campi
  • Enzo Miniero
  • Roberto Formisano
  • Giorgio Alfredo Spedicato
  • Gian Luca Iannuzzi
  • Nicola Pappone

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2658

Keywords:

diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, spine, congestive heart failure, disability, rehabilitation, exercise, chi-square automatic interaction detector.

Abstract

Objective: To assess the prevalence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and its relationship with vascular risk factors among patients with congestive heart failure. Design: Population-based cross-sectional study. Participants: A total of 584 consecutive patients admitted to a Rehabilitative Cardiology Unit. Methods: Chi-square Automatic Interaction Detector (CHAID) decision tree analysis was used to build a predictive model. Results: The mean age (standard deviation) of the study population was 68.1 years (standard deviation 12.3), and 77.7% of the subjects were men. The overall prevalence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in the cohort was 49.8%. Logistic regression analysis showed that age was a predictor of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (odds ratio: 1.034; 95% confidence interval 1.021?1.047, p?<?0.001), with increasing odds ratios for increasing age tertiles. The CHAID prediction model identified 2 age ?buckets?: ??69 and >?69 years. Patients >?69 years had a diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis prevalence of 60.1%, compared with 39.2% among those ??69 years. Notably, body mass index was a predictor of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in this younger subset of patients (p?=?0.028), with 2 body mass index ?buckets?, ??23.3 and >?23.3 kg/m2, the latter showing more than twice the prevalence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (43.2% vs 20%). Conclusion: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis is extremely frequent among patients with congestive heart failure, with age and body mass index being the strongest predictors.

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Published

2020-03-18

How to Cite

Ambrosino, P., Scrutinio, D., De Campi, M., Miniero, E., Formisano, R., Alfredo Spedicato, G., Luca Iannuzzi, G., & Pappone, N. (2020). Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in subjects with congestive heart failure undergoing cardiac rehabilitation: A decision tree analysis. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 52(3), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2658

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