Table 3. Cox proportional hazard model of cardiac death in HF.

Risk factor		Univariate			Multivariate
	HR	95% Cl	P-value	HR	95% Cl	P-value
Age	1.008	0.901–1.028	0.401
Male gender	1.150	0.687–1.926	0.595
Systolic blood pressure	0.977	0.954–1.122	0.118
Ischemic etiology	1.167	0.661–2.059	0.595
Atrial fibrillation	0.892	0.526–1.513	0.671
Anemia	1.487	0.879–2.515	0.139
Reduced LVEF (LVEF<50%)	2.370	1.369–4.103	0.002	2.234	1.142–4.371	0.019
BNP	2.148	1.145–4.028	0.017	1.465	0.764–2.810	0.250
Aspartate aminotransferase	2.326	1.375–3.937	0.002	1.856	1.021–3.375	0.043
Alkaline phosphatase	1.333	0.798–2.226	0.272
Gamma-glutamyl transferase	1.004	0.580–1.739	0.998
Sodium	0.958	0.564–1.629	0.875
C-reactive protein	1.093	0.663–1.803	0.728
MELD-XI	1.973	1.178–3.305	0.010	2.052	1.085–3.879	0.027

BNP, B-type natriuretic peptide; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MELD-XI, model for end-stage liver disease excluding prothrombin time-international ratio.