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. 2025 Feb 19;11:e03. doi: 10.15420/cfr.2024.35

Table 2: Cox Regression Analysis of 1-Year Mortality in Acute Heart Failure Patients Stratified by Prognostic Nutritional Index and BMI.

Subgroups Unadjusted Adjusted
HR 95% CI p-value HR 95% CI p-value
High PNI
18.5–24.9 kg/m2 Ref Ref
25–29.9 kg/m2 0.71 [0.43–1.16] 0.175 0.89 [0.52–1.50] 0.656
≥30 kg/m2 0.38 [0.20–0.71] 0.003** 0.48 [0.24–0.95] 0.035*
Low PNI
18.5–24.9 kg/m2 Ref Ref
25–29.9 kg/m2 1.30 [0.78–2.10] 0.330 1.39 [0.78–2.50] 0.264
≥30 kg/m2 1.10 [0.63–1.80] 0.797 1.08 [0.59–2.00] 0.798

*p<0.05; **p<0.01. Adjusted for age, sex, confirmed COVID-19 infection, carbamide, eosinophils, haemoglobin, soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor and C-reactive protein. PNI = prognostic nutritional index; Ref = reference.