Table 2.

All-cause mortality in BEST participants with advanced chronic systolic heart failure receiving care at the Veterans Affairs (VA) vs. non-VA hospitals

	Hazard ratio (95% confidence interval); p values
	Non-veterans (n=1,216)	Veterans (n=898)
Unadjusted mortality, n (%)	383 (32%)	313 (35%)
Step 1: Unadjusted	1.00 (Reference)	1.09 (0.94 – 1.26); p=0.274
Step 2: Step 1 + age, race (African American)	1.00 (Reference)	1.00 (0.86 – 1.16); p=0.978
Step 3: Step 2 + past medical history, medications, clinical findings*	1.00 (Reference)	0.94 (0.80 – 1.10); p=0.448

^*Includes body mass index, smoking, duration of heart failure, CAD, diabetes, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, PAD, CKD, randomization to bucindolol, ACE inhibitor or ARB, digoxin, diuretic, NYHA class, LVEF, RVEF, cardiothoracic ratio, pulmonary edema, pulse, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, hemoglobin, serum creatinine, serum cholesterol and plasma norepinephrine