Table 3.
Year-specific hazard ratios of death within one year of a heart failure-related hospitalization
| Hazard Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) | |||||||
| Men | Women | All | |||||
| Variable | 1995 (N = 1,216) | 2000 (N = 987) | 1995 (N = 1,041) | 2000 (N = 838) | 1995 (N = 2,257) | 2000 (N = 1,825) | |
| Sex | Women | -- | -- | -- | -- | Ref. | Ref. |
| Men | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.41 (1.21–1.64) | 1.09 (0.91–1.30) | |
| Age (years) | 35–64 | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
| 65–74 | 1.22 (0.96–1.55) | 1.87 (1.37–2.55) | 1.68 (1.20–2.33) | 2.57 (1.76–3.75) | 1.38 (1.14–1.68) | 2.13 (1.67–2.70) | |
| 75–79 | 1.89 (1.47–2.42) | 2.32 (1.70–3.18) | 1.92 (1.37–2.70) | 2.44 (1.65–3.60) | 1.90 (1.56–2.33) | 2.35 (1.84–2.99) | |
| LVEF (%) | >45 | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
| 26–45 | 0.67 (0.43–1.03) | 1.29 (0.77–2.16) | 1.98 (1.24–3.17) | 1.30 (0.81–2.10) | 1.11 (0.81–1.53) | 1.25 (0.89–1.76) | |
| ≤25 | 1.32 (0.88–1.96) | 1.59 (0.97–2.60) | 1.83 (1.08–3.10) | 1.24 (0.76–2.02) | 1.62 (1.18–2.22) | 1.43 (1.03–2.00) | |
| Missing | 1.20 (0.83–1.72) | 1.78 (1.12–2.80) | 1.88 (1.24–2.84) | 1.67 (1.16–2.41) | 1.52 (1.16–2.00) | 1.70 (1.28–2.26) | |
LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction