Relation between the nutrition risk score and cardiac function in patients with coronary heart disease accompanying diabetes mellitus

Objective To observe the relation between nutrition risk score on nutrition risk screening 2002 (NRS 2002) scoring system and heart function in patients with coronary heart disease accompanying diabetes mellitus (DM). Methods Relation between nutrition risk score on the NRS2002 scoring system and heart function was observed in 120 patients with coronary heart disease accompanying DM admitted to our hospital from March 2012 to July 2012. Results The nutrition risk score was< 3 and ≥3 in 83(69.2%) and 37 (30.8%) out of 120 patients, respectively.The heart function was poorer in the patients with their nutrition risk score≥3 than in those with their nutrition risk score< 3.The EF was 56.55%±7.58% and 51.00%±9.60% for the patients with their nutrition risk score ≥3 and for those with their nutrition risk score< 3, respectively (P< 0.01).The heart function grades Ⅲ andⅣ accounted for 5.8% and 17.5% in the patients with their nutrition risk score< 3 and in those with their nutrition risk score ≥3, respectively.The nutrition risk score on the NRS2002 scoring system was positively related with the heart function grade with a correlation coefficient of 0.643 (P< 0.01). Conclusion NRS2002 scoring system can show the nutritional status of patients with coronary heart disease accompanying DM, thus playing a certain role in predicting the adverse clinical outcome of such patients.