Table 3.

Final Risk-Adjustment Variables	Diabetes Final Model			Heart Failure Final Model
	Rate Ratio	95% Confidence Intervals		Rate Ratio	95% Confidence Intervals
Age, per 1 y increase	1.03	1.031	1.032
Age group (65–70 y)				Reference
Age group (70–80 y)				1.04	1.030	1.046
Age group (80–90 y)				1.22	1.216	1.234
Age group (> 90 y)				1.42	1.402	1.428
High-risk CV factors	1.15	1.146	1.162	1.17	1.167	1.179
Low-risk CV factors	1.2	1.189	1.205	1.15	1.138	1.154
Arrhythmia	1.2	1.196	1.21	1.16	1.158	1.170
Structural heart disease				1.05	1.046	1.056
Advanced cancer	1.54	1.522	1.553	1.31	1.302	1.323
Dementia	1.25	1.245	1.263	1.09	1.083	1.095
Heart failure	1.52	1.508	1.527	1.18	1.172	1.182
Diabetes with complications				1.69	1.673	1.712
Dialysis	1.92	1.885	1.948	1.30	1.294	1.308
Disability/frailty	1.38	1.372	1.391	1.14	1.131	1.142
Gastrointestinal and genitourinary disorders	1.13	1.128	1.141	1.10	1.091	1.104
Hematology	1.12	1.112	1.131	1.11	1.105	1.125
Infection and immune disorders	1.2	1.190	1.22	1.28	1.276	1.289
Kidney disease	1.24	1.227	1.245	1.26	1.244	1.278
Liver disease	1.46	1.438	1.487	1.11	1.106	1.117
Neurological disease	1.09	1.078	1.092	1.21	1.200	1.211
Psychiatric illness/substance abuse	1.31	1.298	1.313	1.41	1.404	1.418
Pulmonary disease	1.38	1.369	1.384	1.37	1.360	1.375
Other advanced organ failure	1.44	1.431	1.456	1.09	1.082	1.094
Diabetes severity index	1.09	1.092	1.098
CRT/ICD/pacemaker				1.09	1.082	1.094
Iron deficiency anemia	1.17	1.165	1.179	1.16	1.159	1.170
Major organ transplant	1.31	1.248	1.368	1.13	1.086	1.168
Other organ transplant	1.06	1.03	1.093	1.02	0.992	1.039
Hip fracture/major fracture	1.05	1.04	1.066

CRT indicates cardiac resynchronization therapy; CV, cardiovascular; ICD, implantable cardiac defibrillator.