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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Heart Fail. 2013 Oct 8;6(6):1172–1179. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.113.000207

Table 2.

Multivariable Models for ST2 and Risk for Long Term Outcomes

All-Cause Death/Hospitalization CV Death/HF Hospitalization All-Cause Death CV Death HF Hospitalization
HR 95% CI P-value HR 95% CI P-value HR 95% CI P-value HR 95% CI P-value HR 95% CI P-value
ST2 univariable 1.48 1.32–1.66 <0.0001 2.14 1.84–2.49 <0.0001 2.33 1.93–2.81 <0.0001 2.53 2.04–3.14 <0.0001 2.00 1.69–2.36 <0.0001
Demographics
+ age, sex, race 1.42 1.26–1.61 <0.0001 2.07 1.78–2.42 <0.0001 1.99 1.63–2.43 <0.0001 2.30 1.82–2.90 <0.0001 1.98 1.67–2.34 <0.0001
+ age, sex, race, NT-proBNP 1.17 1.02–1.34 0.0210 1.47 1.22–1.77 <0.0001 1.52 1.20–1.93 0.0006 1.68 1.26–2.24 0.0004 1.44 1.18–1.77 0.0005
Final clinical model without CPX variables
+ age, sex, race 1.29 1.13–1.50 0.0003 1.68 1.40–2.02 <0.0001 1.74 1.40–2.16 <0.0001 1.98 1.50–2.60 <0.0001 1.52 1.25–1.86 <0.0001
+ age, sex, race, NT-proBNP 1.13 0.97–1.33 0.1213 1.37 1.11–1.69 0.0037 1.42 1.10–1.82 0.0067 1.60 1.15–2.21 0.0047 1.32 1.05–1.65 0.0174
Final clinical model with CPX variables
+ age, sex, race 1.21 1.05–1.40 0.0072 1.50 1.24–1.82 <0.0001 1.47 1.18–1.85 0.0008 1.70 1.27–2.27 0.0004 1.35 1.10–1.66 0.0047
+ age, sex, race, NT-proBNP 1.08 0.92–1.27 0.3605 1.32 1.06–1.63 0.0129 1.26 0.97–1.63 0.0877 1.54 1.10–2.14 0.0114 1.22 0.97–1.54 0.0967

HR = Hazard ratio, CI = confidence interval, NT-proBNP = amino-terminal-pro-b-type natriuretic peptide, CPX = cardiopulmonary exercise test