Association between Serum Albumin Status with Heart Failure (HF) Patients in Bangladesh

In collaboration with the Department of Cardiology, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, Mymensingh, Bangladesh this cross sectional study was performed in the Department of Biochemistry, Mymensingh Medical College from January 2018 to December 2018. The aim of the study was to explore the relationship of serum albumin in patients' with heart failure (HF) as a resource to monitor the possibility of management of these patients. A total of 120 subjects were included in this study. Among them 60 patients in case group were diagnosed HF patients and as control group 60 individuals were normal healthy. Serum albumin was determined by colorimetric method from each sample. Statistical analysis was performed by SPSS windows package, version 21. Among the study groups the mean serum albumin levels were 3.25±0.59 and 4.14±0.38 in case and control group respectively. Analysis showed that the mean serum albumin level was highly significantly (p<0.001) decreased in HF patients in comparison to that of control group.