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. 2012 Jun 7;33(17):2189–2196. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs121

Table 2.

Cox's proportional hazards analyses for all-cause mortality in patient subgroups

Unadjusted HR (95% CI) P-value Adjusted HRa (95% CI) P-value
Overall 2.21 (2.00–2.44) <0.001 2.15 (1.95–2.38) <0.001
Device type
 CRT ± D 2.22 (1.96, 2.50) <0.001 2.23 (1.97, 2.52) <0.001
 ICD 2.04 (1.73, 2.41) <0.001 1.95 (1.65, 2.30) <0.001

Defibrillator shocks
 Present 2.29 (1.68, 3.11) <0.001 2.36 (1.74, 3.21) <0.001
 Not present 2.18 (1.96, 2.41) <0.001 2.10 (1.90, 2.34) <0.001

Device-detectable AFb
 Present 2.16 (1.79, 2.60) <0.001 2.14 (1.77, 2.59) <0.001
 Not present 2.13 (1.90, 2.39) <0.001 2.09 (1.86. 2.34) <0.001

aCox's regression adjusted for age and gender.

bDevice-detectable AF defined as presence of AF >6 h of detection for at least 1 day.