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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2010 Mar;159(3):406–413. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.12.024

Table 4.

Relationship Between Patient-Level Performance on Emerging Measures and 1-Year Mortality

Measure Received One-Year Mortality

No. of Events Incidence, % P Value Unadjusted HR (95% CI) Adjusted HR (95% CI)*
Any beta-blocker Yes 1875 30.7 < .001 0.67 (0.61–0.74) 0.75 (0.69–0.83)
No 597 41.8
Evidence-based beta-blocker Yes 1493 30.8 < .001 0.80 (0.74–0.86) 0.82 (0.76–0.89)
No 979 36.6
Warfarin Yes 1272 31.2 < .001 0.70 (0.64–0.76) 0.79 (0.72–0.86)
No 1657 41.2
Aldosterone antagonist Yes 362 28.7 .06 0.90 (0.79–1.03) 0.91 (0.80–1.04)
No 1759 31.2
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator Yes 266 28.4 .30 0.93 (0.79–1.11) 0.97 (0.83–1.12)
No 1652 30.3
Disease management Yes 748 28.8 .39 1.03 (0.95–1.12) 1.07 (0.98–1.16)
No 4546 27.7

Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.