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. 2015 Jun 2;4(6):e002005. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002005

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© 2015 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley Blackwell.

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Outcomes comparing women with men in strata according to NYHA symptom status, LVEF, and etiology of left ventricular systolic dysfunction (A, mortality; B, heart failure hospitalization; C, complications). HR <1 indicates lower risk in women compared with men. All interaction terms are not significant except for the interaction between sex and NYHA in the complications model (C, P=03). HR indicates hazard ratio; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NIDCM, nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy; NYHA, New York Heart Association; OR, odds ratio.