Table 5.

Most significant variables predicting one year survival

Variable	Odds ratio	Std.Err	Z-value	P>|z|	[0.025	0.975]
Age	1.52	0.03	13.23	6.13E-40	1.43	1.61
Patient readmission	1.31	0.028	9.46	2.99E-21	1.24	1.38
Albumin	0.77	0.03	−8.76	1.92E-18	0.73	0.82
RDW(%)a	1.12	0.03	6.24	4.42E-10	1.13	1.26
Length of stay	1.24	0.04	5.49	3.95E-08	1.15	1.34
Last BNP	1.14	0.03	4.84	1.31E-06	1.08	1.2
Hyperlipidaemia	0.78	0.06	−4.33	1.49E-05	0.70	0.88
Statins at discharge	0.76	0.06	−4.14	3.42E-05	0.67	0.87
Missing weight measurement	1.32	0.07	4.05	5.05E-05	1.15	1.51
Sex (female)	0.80	0.06	−3.81	0.00014	0.72	0.9
Chloridea	0.90	0.03	−3.05	0.002	0.84	0.96
Furosemide (background)	1.21	0.07	2.85	0.004	1.06	1.38

BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; RDW, red blood cell distribution width.

First exams taken during hospitalization.