Background Chloride,the most abundant anion in extracellular fluid,plays a crucial role in maintaining ho-meostasis.Previous studies have shown that hypochloremia independently predicts adverse outcomes in various cli...Background Chloride,the most abundant anion in extracellular fluid,plays a crucial role in maintaining ho-meostasis.Previous studies have shown that hypochloremia independently predicts adverse outcomes in various clinical settings.However,the association between serum chloride levels and in-hospital mortality in intensive care unit(ICU)patients with coronary heart disease(CHD)and diabetes mellitus(DM)remains unclear.This study aimed to determine whether initial serum chloride is associated with in-hospital mortality in this population.Meth-ods We enrolled 4343 ICU patients with CHD and DM and categorized them into three groups based on artificial-ly defined cutoffs of serum chloride levels:low(≤100 mmol/L),middle(100-110 mmol/L),and high(>110 mmol/L).The relationship between admission serum chloride and in-hospital mortality was first analyzed using restricted cubic spline regression(RCS)to evaluate nonlinearity.Threshold and saturation effects were examined to confirm the findings.Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the association between serum chloride and in-hos-pital mortality.Results A U-shaped relationship was observed between serum chloride and in-hospital mortality,with the lowest risk at a threshold of 107 mmol/L.Below and above this threshold,the odds ratios(ORs)were 0.95(95%CI:0.93-0.97,P110 mmol/L)groups had ORs for in-hospital mortality of 1.83(95%CI:1.42-2.36,P<0.0001)and 2.46(95%CI:1.43-4.23,P=0.0011),respectively.Both low and high serum chloride levels were associated with increased in-hospital mortality risk.Conclusions This study identified a U-shaped association between serum chloride levels and in-hospital mortality in ICU patients with CHD and DM.Independent risk factors for increased mortality in this study constitut-ed both low and high serum chloride concentrations.展开更多
摘要Background Chloride,the most abundant anion in extracellular fluid,plays a crucial role in maintaining ho-meostasis.Previous studies have shown that hypochloremia independently predicts adverse outcomes in various clinical settings.However,the association between serum chloride levels and in-hospital mortality in intensive care unit(ICU)patients with coronary heart disease(CHD)and diabetes mellitus(DM)remains unclear.This study aimed to determine whether initial serum chloride is associated with in-hospital mortality in this population.Meth-ods We enrolled 4343 ICU patients with CHD and DM and categorized them into three groups based on artificial-ly defined cutoffs of serum chloride levels:low(≤100 mmol/L),middle(100-110 mmol/L),and high(>110 mmol/L).The relationship between admission serum chloride and in-hospital mortality was first analyzed using restricted cubic spline regression(RCS)to evaluate nonlinearity.Threshold and saturation effects were examined to confirm the findings.Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the association between serum chloride and in-hos-pital mortality.Results A U-shaped relationship was observed between serum chloride and in-hospital mortality,with the lowest risk at a threshold of 107 mmol/L.Below and above this threshold,the odds ratios(ORs)were 0.95(95%CI:0.93-0.97,P110 mmol/L)groups had ORs for in-hospital mortality of 1.83(95%CI:1.42-2.36,P<0.0001)and 2.46(95%CI:1.43-4.23,P=0.0011),respectively.Both low and high serum chloride levels were associated with increased in-hospital mortality risk.Conclusions This study identified a U-shaped association between serum chloride levels and in-hospital mortality in ICU patients with CHD and DM.Independent risk factors for increased mortality in this study constitut-ed both low and high serum chloride concentrations.