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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Card Fail. 2011 Dec 22;18(3):238–245. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.11.002

Table 2.

Multivariate models of 12-month all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.

All-Cause Mortality HR (95% CI) P
PHQ-2 Status, (+) vs. (−) 3.1 (1.4–6.7) 0.003
Gender, female vs. male 1.3 (0.8–2.0) 0.28
Age ≥ 65 vs. <65 2.1 (1.3–3.4) 0.004
Ejection Fraction ≤ 30% vs. >30% 1.1 (0.6–1.7) 0.84
NYHA Class, III–IV vs. II 1.5 (0.9–2.6) 0.12
Anxiety disorder 0.8 (0.4–1.3) 0.33
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 1.1 (0.7–1.8) 0.72
Renal insufficiency 1.8 (1.1–2..9) 0.01
ACE-I or ARB use 0.6 (0.4–1.0) 0.04
Beta-blocker use 0.60 (0.3–0.9) 0.03
Coumadin use 0.9 (0.6, 1.4) 0.65
Diabetes 1.1 (0.7–1.7) 0.75
Hemoglobin <10 vs. ≥ 10 g/dL 1.4 (0.8–2.6) 0.26
Sodium, <136 vs. ≥ 136 mmol/L 1.4 (0.8–2.4) 0.18
Diastolic blood pressure, per 10-unit increase 1.1 (1.0–1.2) 0.27
Systolic blood pressure, per 10-unit increase 0.9 (0.9–1.0) 0.27
Cardiovascular Mortality HR (95% CI) P
PHQ-2 Status, (+) vs. (−) 2.7 (1.1–6.6) 0.03
Gender, female vs. male 1.4 (0.8–2.5) 0.21
Age ≥ 65 vs. <65 1.6 (0.9–2.9) 0.13
Ejection Fraction ≤ 30% vs. >30% 1.4 (0.7–2.8) 0.30
NYHA Class, III–IV vs. II 1.4 (0.7–2.7) 0.29
Anxiety disorder 0.9 (0.4–1.7) 0.70
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 1.1 (0.6–2.0) 0.69
Renal insufficiency 1.5 (0.9–2.8) 0.15
ACE-I or ARB use 0.4 (0.2–0.7) 0.003
Coumadin use 1.0 (0.6–1.7) 0.97
Beta-blocker use 0.6 (0.3–1.0) 0.05
Diabetes 1.5 (0.9–2.6) 0.17
Hemoglobin <10 vs. ≥ 10 g/dL 1.1 (0.5–2.4) 0.87
Sodium, <136 vs. ≥ 136 mmol/L 1.4 (0.8–2.8) 0.27
Diastolic blood pressure, per 10-unit increase 1.1 (1.0–1.2) 0.08
Systolic blood pressure, per 10-unit increase 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 0.09