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Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2010 Jul;160(1):132–138.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.03.033

Table 3.

Associations Between Worsening Renal Function and 30-Day Outcomes by Type of Heart Failure

Outcome	Preserved Systolic Function (n=12,817)			Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (n=7246)

	Unadjusted	Adjusted	P Value	Unadjusted	Adjusted	p Value
Inpatient costs^a	0.94 (0.81–1.09)	0.95 (0.82–1.09)	0.5	1.11 (0.95–1.30)	1.15 (0.99–1.33)	0.07
Readmission^b	1.09 (1.00–1.19)	1.08 (0.98–1.18)	0.1	1.10 (0.96–1.27)	1.12 (0.97–1.29)	0.1
Mortality^b	1.39 (1.16–1.66)	1.54 (1.28–1.85)	<0.001	1.46 (1.18–1.80)	1.50 (1.21–1.86)	<0.001

Unadjusted and adjusted values represented by cost ratios with 95% confidence intervals, based on costs excluding index hospitalization costs.

Unadjusted and adjusted values represented by hazards ratios with 95% confidence intervals.