Table 4.
Key Comorbid Conditions of Prognostic Significance From the DOPPS Medical Questionnaire | CCI | Form 2728 |
---|---|---|
Myocardial infarction | X | – |
hospitalized for CHF in past 12 mo | Xa | Xa |
absence of hypertension | – | X |
stroke with deficit | X (hemiplegiab) | – |
COPD | X | X |
use of home oxygen | – | – |
ascites within past 12 mo | X (moderate to severe liver diseaseb) | – |
gastrointestinal bleeding in the past 12 mo | – | – |
prior diagnosis of PVD | X | X |
amputation due to PVD | – | X |
recurrent cellulitis/gangrene | – | – |
dementia | X | – |
depression within the past 12 mo | – | – |
diabetes treated with insulin | – | X |
substance abuse within the past 12 mo | – | X |
HIV/AIDS | X | X |
history of cancer | X | X |
No. comorbid conditions collected | 19 | 19 |
No. conditions matched to the DOPPS short list | 9/19 | 9/19 |
Conditions that were tested but were not significant in the stepwise model | Diabetes with complications, peptic ulcer disease, mild liver disease, collagen vascular disease, renal disease (not tested) | Ischemic heart disease, diabetes with oral medications; diabetes without medications, diabetic retinopathy, other heart disease, alcohol dependence, current smoker |
Conditions from the respective instruments that were not tested in the present study | Metastatic cancer, leukemia, lymphoma | Toxic nephropathy, congenital anomaly |
The CCI and Form 2728 definitions are “any history of CHF” not specifically “CHF in the past year.”
Definition is not identical to DOPPS but was considered a reasonable match.