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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2010 Apr 15;105(8):1186–1191. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.12.024

Table 2.

Measures at first visit (2) and univariate survival analysis from first visit

Measure Units SD (n103) All Surviving Not Surviving Cox Hazard Ratio(1) and 95% CI
N N Mean N Mean Cox Hazard Ratio Lower Upper p-value
Peak oxygen consumption L/min 0.26 103 80 0.82 23 0.71 0.67 0.43 1.05 0.08
Peak oxygen consumption ml/min/kg 2.84 103 80 11.0 23 11.0 0.95 0.62 1.45 0.80
Ventilatory equivalent for CO2 at the anaerobic threshold - 12.6 103 80 47.0 23 54.2 1.48 1.05 2.09 0.03
Peak Work Rate Watts 25.9 96 75 54.6 21 47.8 0.78 0.49 1.24 0.30
Rest Systolic Blood Pressure mmHg 17.4 96 74 123 22 121 0.94 0.60 1.47 0.79
Peak Systolic Blood Pressure mmHg 27.3 97 75 159 22 152 0.80 0.53 1.21 0.29
Rest Diastolic Blood Pressure mmHg 12.4 91 70 76.9 21 76.4 1.04 0.68 1.58 0.86
Peak Diastolic Blood Pressure mmHg 17.2 91 70 87 21 82 0.94 0.60 1.48 0.80
Anaerobic threshold L/min 0.19 90 68 0.61 22 0.51 0.53 0.32 0.90 0.02
End-tidal CO2 pressure at the anaerobic threshold mmHg 6.2 96 77 28.5 19 25.0 0.62 0.39 0.97 0.04
Peak Heart Rate bpm 19.5 94 73 132 21 135 1.09 0.70 1.71 0.69
Weight kg 20.6 103 80 75.4 23 67.1 0.72 0.46 1.13 0.16
Non-Survival Among:
NYHA II NYHA 3-4
New York Heart Association Functional Class 3-4 vs. 2 103 0/14 =0% 23/89 =25.8% 0.03
No Shunt Shunt
Visit 1 Yes / No 103 13/64 =20.3% 10/39 = 25.6% 1.71 0.74 3.97 0.21
Visit 2 Yes / No 102 5/70 = 7.1% 18/32 = 56.2% 10.6 3.87 28.8 <0.0001
(1)

Hazard ratio for non-survival corresponding to a 1 SD increase in the measure.

(2)

Shunt (2) refers to shunt status at second visit and survival from second visit.