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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2013 Dec 23;13(6):541–548. doi: 10.1177/1474515113517574

Table 3.

Event-rates and median time to first event in patients classified by different sodium intake and New York Heart Association class

N = 244

Total



(N = 244)
NYHA class I/II (n = 134) NYHA class III/IV (n=110)


< 2g
(n = 20)
2 to 3g
(n = 54)
> 3g
(n = 60)
< 2g
(n = 13)
2 to 3g
(n = 45)
> 3g
(n = 52)
All-cause death 6 (2.5) 1 (5.0) 1 (1.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.2) 3 (5.8)
HF-related hospitalization 22 (9.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (7.4) 3 (5.0) 4 (30.8) 6 (13.3) 5 (9.6)
Cardiac-related hospitalization 34 (13.9) 2 (10.0) 9 (16.7) 6 (10.0) 1 (7.7) 5 (11.1) 11 (21.2)
Other hospitalization 30 (12.3) 5 (25.0) 3 (5.6) 2 (3.3) 1 (7.7) 8 (17.8) 11 (21.2)
Total events 92 (37.3) 8 (40.4) 17 (31.5) 11 (18.3) 6 (46.2) 20 (44.4) 30 (57.7)
Median time to first event (days) 214 (90, 333) 93 (70, 234) 200 (95, 298) 250 (119, 494) 220 (92, 338) 208 (89, 329) 208 (89, 329)

Values are n (%) or median (25th, 75th quartile)