Table 1.

Clinical descriptors of the derivation and validation cohorts at the baseline.

	Alive at 3 Years (N = 492)	Dead at 3 Years (N = 159)	P
Demographics
Male, %	225 (45.73)	81 (50.94)	0.292
Age, years	68.91 (67.59–70.23)	75.21 (73.28–77.14)	<0.001
Hospitalization, days	8.86 (7.77–9.95)	13.15 (10.64–15.66)	<0.001
ICU, day	1.70 (1.24–2.16)	2.35 (1.51–3.19)	0.170
Comorbidities
COPD, %	19 (3.86)	15 (9.43)	0.011
DM, %	296 (60.16)	85 (53.46)	0.162
MI, %	28 (5.69)	10 (6.29)	0.932
CVA, %	46 (9.35)	28 (17.61)	0.007
Cirrhosis, %	17 (3.46)	10 (6.29)	0.184
Biomarker
NT-proBNP, mg/dl	15961.83 (14759.11–17164.56)	19741.25 (17562.53–21919.97)	0.003

COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DM = diabetes mellitus; MI = myocardial infarction; CVA = cerebral vascular accident.

The values are the mean (confidence interval) or n (%).