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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 7.
Published in final edited form as: JACC Heart Fail. 2014 Jun;2(3):260–268. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2013.12.004

Table 3.

Increases in C-Statistic for Prediction of Pump Failure and Sudden Cardiac Death with Incremental Addition of Biomarkers

Prediction Models Pump Failure
C-Statistic
Sudden Cardiac Death
C-Statistic
Clinical Model* 0.82 (0.73–0.91) 0.68 (0.58–0.78)

NT-proBNP univariate 0.83 (0.74–0.91) 0.67 (0.58–0.76)
Galectin-3 univariate 0.76 (0.67–0.84) 0.66 (0.57–0.75)
ST2 univariate 0.79 (0.70–0.88) 0.64 (0.55–0.73)

Clinical Model * + NT-proBNP 0.87 (0.78–0.96) 0.73 (0.64–0.83)
Clinical Model * + Galectin-3 0.83 (0.74–0.92) 0.71 (0.62–0.81)
Clinical Model* + ST2 0.86 (0.77–0.95) 0.72 (0.62–0.82)

Clinical Model* + NT-proBNP + Galectin-3 0.88 (0.79–0.97) 0.74 (0.64–0.84)
Clinical Model* + NT-proBNP + ST2 0.88 (0.79–0.96) 0.75 (0.65–0.85)
Clinical Model* + NT-proBNP + ST2 + Galectin-3 0.89 (0.80–0.98) 0.75 (0.65–0.85)
*

HF-ACTION Clinical Adjustment Model: Serum creatinine level, Body Mass Index, Sex, Dosage of loop diuretic, Left Ventricular ejection fraction, CCS angina classification, and resting ECG Ventricular Conduction abnormality. NT-proBNP indicates amino-terminal proB-type natriuretic peptide.