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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Apr 3;61(22):2253–2261. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.12.056

Table 3.

Univariate Analysis of Factors Associated With 3-Year Death/HTx/VAD Requirement

All Patients (N = 260)
Patients off Anticoagulation (n = 156)
Patients on Anticoagulation (n = 104)
Variable HR (95% CI) p Value HR (95% CI) p Value HR (95% CI) p Value
MELD 1.10 (1.06–1.14) <0.0001 1.19 (1.10–1.29) <0.0001 1.06 (0.99–1.13) 0.0816
MELDNa 1.10 (1.06–1.14) <0.0001 1.20 (1.11–1.30) <0.0001 1.06 (1.00–1.13) 0.0620
MELD-XI 1.13 (1.07–1.19) <0.0001 1.14 (1.05–1.22) 0.0020 1.13 (1.03–1.23) 0.0098
Age 1.01 (0.99–1.03) 0.4751 1.00 (0.98–1.03) 0.7488 1.01 (0.98–1.04) 0.6499
Male 0.89 (0.51–1.63) 0.6936 0.98 (0.43–2.53) 0.9717 0.76 (0.36–1.74) 0.4926
BMI 0.93 (0.88–0.97) 0.0030 0.94 (0.87–1.00) 0.0688 0.89 (0.81–0.96) 0.0046
Diabetes 1.44 (0.78–2.52) 0.2304 2.26 (0.95–5.02) 0.0634 0.95 (0.38–2.11) 0.9142
Heart rate 0.99 (0.97–1.01) 0.4903 1.00 (0.97–1.02) 0.9042 0.99 (0.97–1.02) 0.5401
Mean arterial BP 0.95 (0.93–0.97) <0.0001 0.95 (0.91–0.98) 0.0006 0.95 (0.92–0.98) 0.0006
Atrial fibrillation 1.49 (0.81–2.68) 0.1942 1.39 (0.40–3.67) 0.5630 0.91 (0.40–2.14) 0.8240
Laboratory examination
 WBC 0.94 (0.82–1.08) 0.4203 0.98 (0.80–1.19) 0.8597 0.88 (0.71–1.08) 0.2306
 Hemoglobin 0.69 (0.60–0.81) <0.0001 0.59 (0.48–0.74) <0.0001 0.80 (0.63–1.00) 0.0482
 Platelets 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 0.8401 1.00 (1.00–1.01) 0.4890 1.00 (0.99–1.01) 0.8764
 Serum sodium 0.87 (0.80–0.96) 0.0062 0.85 (0.72–1.02) 0.0758 0.91 (0.82–1.02) 0.1081
 BUN 1.03 (1.01–1.04) <0.0001 1.02 (1.00–1.04) 0.0189 1.05 (1.03–1.07) <0.0001
 Creatinine 1.09 (0.89–1.22) 0.3506 1.04 (0.73–1.22) 0.7521 1.83 (1.15–2.62) 0.0155
 Total bilirubin 1.24 (1.03–1.43) 0.0237 1.25 (0.94–1.53) 0.1113 1.21 (0.92–1.46) 0.1487
 AST 1.01 (0.99–1.03) 0.2662 1.02 (0.99–1.06) 0.1202 1.00 (0.97–1.02) 0.9332
 ALT 1.00 (0.98–1.02) 0.9180 0.99 (0.96–1.01) 0.3889 1.01 (0.98–1.02) 0.4987
 Albumin 0.91 (0.45–1.91) 0.8082 0.53 (0.19–1.55) 0.2443 1.74 (0.62–5.23) 0.3004
 INR 1.48 (1.13–1.88) 0.0060 2.13 (0.91–3.97) 0.0766 1.21 (0.80–1.74) 0.3452
 Total cholesterol 0.99 (0.98–0.99) <0.0001 0.98 (0.98–0.99) 0.0002 0.99 (0.98–1.00) 0.0150
 BNP 1.00 (1.00–1.00) <0.0001 1.00 (1.00–1.00) <0.0001 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 0.0576
Peak VO2 0.84 (0.78–0.90) <0.0001 0.79 (0.70–0.88) <0.0001 0.90 (0.81–0.99) 0.0327

BP = blood pressure; CI = confidence interval; HR = hazard ratio; VAD = ventricular assist device; other abbreviations as in Tables 1 and 2.