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Published in final edited form as: J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2014 Jul;29(4):315–323. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0b013e318285968a

Table 5.

Symptom Profiles and 1-Year Event-Free Survival (N=202)

	Symptom Profiles	Seattle Heart Failure Score	Symptom Profiles + Seattle Heart Failure Score

	HR (95% CI), p-value	HR (95% CI), p-value	HR (95% CI), p-value
Moderate Symptom Profile^†	1.86 (1.09–3.18); p=0.023	-	1.82 (1.07–3.11); p=0.028
Severe Symptom Profile^†	2.18 (1.28–3.70); p=0.004	-	2.06 (1.21–3.52); p=0.001
Seattle Heart Failure Score	-	1.65 (1.24–2.19); p=0.001	1.62 (1.21–2.18); p=0.001

Model χ²	9.66, p=0.008	12.29, p<0.001	20.25, p<0.001
Harrell’s C	0.590	0.617	0.654

^†

the mild symptoms profile is the referent group.

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