title: Prognostic value of increased adiponectin plasma concentrations in patients with acute destabilized heart failure.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the prognostic value of adiponectin in patients with acute destabilized heart failure.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adiponectin was measured in 137 consecutive heart failure patients attending an emergency department. The endpoint was 1-year all-cause mortality.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In Cox proportional-hazards regression, an adiponectin plasma concentration>24.1 mg/L had a risk ratio of 2.46 (95% CI, 1.24-4.87), independently of classical risk factors and B-type natriuretic peptide.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adiponectin predicts mortality in patients with acute destabilized heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Konventhospital Barmherzige Brueder, Seilerstaette 2-4, A-4020 Linz, Austria.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dieplinger
authors.forename: Alfons
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gegenhuber
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Poelz
authors.forename: Meinhard
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haltmayer
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mueller
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D052242:Adiponectin / Q000097:blood*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models
chemical_list: D052242:Adiponectin