Table 2.

Cox proportional hazard analysis for predictors of 6-month mortality.

	HR; 95% CI; P-value
Admission 6MWD
Age/SD	1.059 (0.751, 1.493) 0.745
Admission Na/SD	0.980 (0.722, 1.330) 0.898
Admission Creatinine/SD	1.308 (0.975, 1.753) 0.073
Admission SBP/SD	0.697 (0.479, 1.013) 0.058
Baseline NYHA class	0.743 (0.326, 1.690) 0.478
6MWD on admission/SD	0.632 (0.449, 0.890) 0.009
Discharge 6MWD
Age/SD	1.027 (0.716, 1.473) 0.886
Admission Na/SD	0.863 (0.635, 1.172) 0.346
Admission Creatinine/SD	1.071 (0.799, 1.434) 0.647
Admission SBP/SD	0.641 (0.443, 0.928) 0.018
Baseline NYHA class	0.619 (0.270, 1.419) 0.257
6MWD on discharge/SD	0.657 (0.467, 0.926) 0.016

6MWD: 6-minute walk distance, SBP: systolic blood pressure, NYHA: New York Heart Association, SD: standard deviation.