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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 5.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2011 Jun 13;124(1):24–30. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.979203

Table 2.

Cardiac Dysfunction as a risk factor for incident heart failure

Characteristic Hazards ratio (95%CI) P value*
LV systolic dysfunction 2.33 (1.43–3.78) <0.001
LV diastolic dysfunction 1.32 (1.01-1.71) 0.039

LV, left ventricular

*

Adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, hypertension treatment, cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, prior myocardial infarction, and valvular heart disease in 1038 participants (248 HF events)