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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Heart Fail. 2015 Oct 14;18(3):306–313. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.420

Table 2.

Relationship of early dyspnea relief to EQ-5D measures at discharge and day 30.

Univariable Baseline EQ-5D Adjusted Multivariable

EQ-5D Measure Estimate 95% CI P-Value Estimate 95% CI P-Value Estimate 95% CI P-Value
Discharge
    US Utility Scorea 0.051 0.041 to 0.061 <0.0001 0.03 0.021 to 0.039 <0.0001 0.029 0.020 to 0.038 <0.0001
    VASb 8.1 7.0 to 9.2 <0.0001 5.6 4.6 to 6.6 <0.0001 5.1 4.1 to 6.0 <0.0001
Day 30
    US Utility Scorec 0.032 0.022 to 0.042 <0.0001 0.018 0.008 to 0.028 0.0005 0.016 0.006 to 0.025 0.0012
    VASd 6.3 5.1 to 7.4 <0.0001 4.6 3.5 to 5.6 <0.0001 3.9 2.8 to 4.9 <0.0001
a

Multivariable model is adjusted for baseline utility score, age, gender, race, BMI, cerebrovascular disease, chronic renal disease, heart rate, peripheral vascular disease, hyperlipidemia, prior hospitalization in past year, log of BUN, NYHA classification, smoking, sodium, log of creatinine, and diabetes.

b

Multivariable model is adjusted for baseline vas, age, race, ACEI or ARB use, chronic renal disease, history of ICD/CRT, baseline diastolic blood pressure, peripheral vascular disease, respiratory rate, log of BUN, NYHA classification, pre-randomization oral anticoagulant use, jvp, smoking and BMI.

c

Multivariable model is adjusted for baseline utility score, age, gender, race, BMI, cerebrovascular disease, chronic renal disease, hemoglobin, heart rate, prior mi, sodium, peripheral vascular disease, respiratory rate, prior hospitalization in past year, log of BUN, NYHA classification, pre-randomization digoxin use, baseline weight.

d

Multivariable model is adjusted for baseline vas, age, race, chronic renal disease, baseline diastolic blood pressure, hemoglobin, prior mi, peripheral vascular disease, respiratory rate, prior hospitalization in past year, log of BUN, pre-randomization oral anticoagulant use, and jvp.