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Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2016 Feb 17;117(9):1474–1481. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.02.017

Table 2.

Risk factors for incident HFpEF

Unadjusted HR (95% CI) p-value multivariable adjusted HR (95% CI) p-value
Demographics
Age (per SD) 2.33 (1.91–2.86) <0.001 2.27 (1.72–3.01) <0.001
Female 0.84 (0.58–1.22) 0.369 0.89 (0.54–1.46) 0.638
Race/Ethnicity
  White Ref (--) -- Ref (--) --
  Chinese 0.79 (0.42–1.47) 0.454 1.53 (0.64–3. 67) 0.337
  Black 0.69 (0.42–1.12) 0.132 0.46(0.26–0.82) 0.009
  Hispanic 0.87 (0.54–1.41) 0.576 0.66 (0.34–1.30) 0.231
Clinical Characteristics
Heart Rate (per SD) 1.26 (1.05–1.50) 0.012 1.11 (0.92–1.36) 0.279
Hypertension 3.44 (2.26–5.23) <0.001 1.81 (1.14–2.90) 0.013
Body mass index (per SD) 1.27 (1.09–1.49) 0.002 1.35 (1.08–1.68) 0.009
Diabetes 3.42 (2.29–5.11) <0.001 2.33 (1.47–3.71) <0.001
Current Smoking 0.91 (0.51–1.62) 0.743 -- --
Total Cholesterol (per SD) 0.79 (0.65–0.97) 0.023 0.94 (0.76–1.16) 0.555
HDL Cholesterol (per SD) 0.86 (0.69–1.06) 0.151 -- --
eGFR (per SD) 1.51 (1.25–1.84) <0.001 0.92 (0.72–1.17) 0.508
CRP (per log SD) 1.27 (1.09–1.49) 0.003 1.17 (0.93–1.46) 0.177
IL-6 (per log SD) 2.15 (1.64–2.80) <0.001 1.32 (0.91–1.93) 0.147
LVH by ECG 5.00 (2.01–12.44) 0.001 4.33 (1.70–11.04) 0.002
CAC > 0 2.35 (1.57–3.51) <0.001 0.91 (0.54–1.51) 0.702
Interim MI 6.66 (3.91–11.34) <0.001 4.80 (2.67–8.62) <0.001
NT-proBNP > 75th percentile* 4.65 (3.07–7.03) <0.001 2.41 (1.45–4.00) 0.001
Detectable Troponin T* 11.55 (6.24–21.39) <0.001 4.52 (1.88–10.87) 0.001
LV mass index (per SD)** 1.36 (1.13–1.64) 0.001 1.29 (1.04–1. 60) 0.018
*

Available in a subset of the population (5,569 individuals);

**

Available in a subset of the population (4,980 individuals)