Table 3.
Hazard ratios (95% CI) for survival at 1 and 2 years in the SBP quartiles
| Outcomes | SBP (mm Hg) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤90 (n = 539) |
91–100 (n = 551) |
101–112 (n = 553) |
≥113 (n = 518) |
|
| Total cohort | ||||
| 1 year | ||||
| Death or urgent transplant | 2.59 (2.08–3.23) | 1.95 (1.55–2.45) | 1.60 (1.27–2.02) | 1.00 |
| All-cause mortality | 2.41 (1.83–3.17) | 1.59 (1.19–2.13) | 1.49 (1.11–1.99) | 1.00 |
| Sudden death | 1.49 (0.92–2.41) | 1.52 (0.95–2.43) | 1.37 (0.85–2.19) | 1.00 |
| HF death | 3.99 (2.55–6.23) | 2.31 (1.44–3.71) | 1.78 (1.09–2.91) | 1.00 |
| Urgent transplant | 2.95 (2.03–4.30) | 2.66 (1.83–3.87) | 1.83 (1.23–2.73) | 1.00 |
| Multivariate analysis (death or urgent transplant)* | 2.02 (1.42–2.88) | 1.39 (0.97–1.99) | 1.37 (0.96–1.96) | 1.00 |
| 2 years | ||||
| Death or urgent transplant | 2.48 (2.03–3.02) | 1.94 (1.58–2.37) | 1.60 (1.30–1.97) | 1.00 |
| All-cause mortality | 2.38 (1.87–3.03) | 1.69 (1.31–2.17) | 1.54 (1.20–1.99) | 1.00 |
| Sudden death | 1.83 (1.17–2.86) | 1.75 (1.13–2.71) | 1.62 (1.05–2.51) | 1.00 |
| HF death | 3.67 (2.47–5.45) | 2.27 (1.50–3.45) | 1.76 (1.15–2.71) | 1.00 |
| Urgent transplant | 2.68 (1.91–3.78) | 2.45 (1.74–3.44) | 1.72 (1.20–2.45) | 1.00 |
| Multivariate analysis (death or urgent transplant)* | 1.87 (1.36–2.56) | 1.37 (1.01–1.88) | 1.33 (0.97–1.81) | 1.00 |
| Ischemic HF | (n = 259) | (n = 253) | (n = 262) | (n = 247) |
| 1 year | ||||
| Death or urgent transplant | 2.41 (1.77–3.30) | 1.82 (1.31–2.51) | 1.86 (1.35–2.56) | 1.00 |
| All-cause mortality | 2.94 (1.97–4.40) | 1.97 (1.29–3.01) | 2.30 (1.52–3.48) | 1.00 |
| Sudden death | 1.76 (0.88–3.54) | 1.66 (0.83–3.34) | 1.86 (0.94–3.68) | 1.00 |
| HF death | 5.34 (2.70–10.56) | 3.10 (1.51–6.35) | 2.90 (1.41–5.96) | 1.00 |
| Urgent transplant | 1.72 (1.04–2.85) | 1.61 (0.97–2.66) | 1.27 (0.75–2.16) | 1.00 |
| Multivariate analysis (death or urgent transplant)* | 2.73 (1.64–4.55) | 1.30 (0.73–2.31) | 1.85 (1.09–3.14) | 1.00 |
| 2 years | ||||
| Death or urgent transplant | 2.26 (1.71–2.98) | 1.89 (1.42–2.50) | 1.82 (1.37–2.41) | 1.00 |
| All-cause mortality | 2.63 (1.86–3.71) | 2.03 (1.42–2.90) | 2.12 (1.49–3.02) | 1.00 |
| Sudden death | 1.94 (1.01–3.69) | 1.98 (1.05–3.74) | 2.03 (1.08–3.80) | 1.00 |
| HF death | 4.25 (2.40–7.53) | 2.64 (1.44–4.83) | 2.50 (1.36–4.58) | 1.00 |
| Urgent transplant | 1.70 (1.07–2.71) | 1.66 (1.05–2.64) | 1.34 (0.83–2.16) | 1.00 |
| Multivariate analysis (death or urgent transplant)* | 2.37 (1.52–3.69) | 1.37 (0.85–2.20) | 1.69 (1.07–2.67) | 1.00 |
| Nonischemic HF | (n = 280) | (n = 298) | (n = 291) | (n = 271) |
| 1 year | ||||
| Death or urgent transplant | 2.76 (2.02–3.78) | 2.09 (1.52–2.87) | 1.36 (0.97–1.92) | 1.00 |
| All-cause mortality | 1.99 (1.36–2.90) | 1.31 (0.88–1.96) | 0.91 (0.59–1.40) | 1.00 |
| Sudden death | 1.27 (0.65–2.49) | 1.41 (0.75–2.66) | 1.00 (0.51–1.96) | 1.00 |
| HF death | 3.05 (1.67–5.57) | 1.79 (0.94–3.39) | 1.06 (0.52–2.14) | 1.00 |
| Urgent transplant | 5.39 (2.95–9.85) | 4.70 (2.57–8.58) | 2.90 (1.54–5.44) | 1.00 |
| Multivariate analysis (death or urgent transplant)* | 1.66 (1.02–2.69) | 1.49 (0.93–2.37) | 1.00 (0.61–1.65) | 1.00 |
| 2 years | ||||
| Death or urgent transplant | 2.68 (2.02–3.56) | 2.00 (1.50–2.67) | 1.40 (1.03–1.89) | 1.00 |
| All-cause mortality | 2.12 (1.50–2.99) | 1.41 (0.98–2.01) | 1.08 (0.74–1.57) | 1.00 |
| Sudden death | 1.74 (0.94–3.22) | 1.56 (0.85–2.87) | 1.30 (0.70–2.41) | 1.00 |
| HF death | 3.13 (1.80–5.44) | 1.98 (1.11–3.53) | 1.18 (0.63–2.22) | 1.00 |
| Urgent transplant | 4.36 (2.57–7.38) | 3.77 (2.23–6.38) | 2.34 (1.35–4.07) | 1.00 |
| Multivariate analysis (death or urgent transplant)* | 1.62 (1.05–2.50) | 1.39 (0.91–2.11) | 1.04 (0.68–1.61) | 1.00 |
*
Multivariate analysis (adjusted for age, LVEF, total cholesterol, gender, diabetes, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, cardiac index, New York Heart Association class, β-blocker use, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin II receptor blocker use, statin use, smoking history).