Table 3.

Predictors of neurological deficit ≥24 hours in chronic heart failure patients in normal sinus rhythm and stroke (N=222)

	Unadjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval)	Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
Age ≥65 years	1.88 (1.07–3.29), P=0.027	2.15 (1.18–3.92), P=0.012
Female	0.66 (0.36–1.21), P=0.176	0.45 (0.21–0.98), P=0.044
Nonwhite	1.94 (0.74–5.04), P=0.176	2.86 (1.01–8.07), P=0.047
Prior myocardial infarction	1.50 (0.86–2.63), P=0.152	1.52 (0.83–2.78), P=0.171
Diabetes mellitus	1.43 (0.80–2.57), P=0.230	1.63 (0.87–3.06), P=0.130
Hypertension	0.89 (0.51–1.56), P=0.695	0.91 (0.49–1.71), P=0.771
Cardiothoracic ratio >0.5	1.01 (0.56–1.81), P=0.987	1.07 (0.56–2.03), P=0.839
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)	0.94 (0.44–2.02), P=0.875	0.67 (0.30–1.51), P=0.334
Ejection fraction <35%	0.97 (0.54–1.72), P=0.905	0.74 (0.37–1.48), P=0.393