. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: JACC Heart Fail. 2018 Feb 7;6(3):233–242. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2017.11.011

Table 3.

Association between BMI and 30-day and 1-year All-Cause Mortality, HFpEF and HFrEF Patients, GWTG-HF 2005–2011

Outcome	Variable	HR^*,^†	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI	P-value
30-day All-Cause Mortality for HFpEF patients	Overall BMI up to 30 kg/m² ^* Race				0.92
	BMI per 1 unit increase up to 30 kg/m²	0.96	0.94	0.97	<0.0001
	Overall BMI above 30 kg/m²^* Race				0.96
	BMI per 1 unit increase above 30 kg/m²	1.01	1.00	1.03	0.0477
30-day All-Cause Mortality for HFrEF patients	Overall BMI up to 30 kg/m² ^* Race				0.08
	BMI per 1 unit increase up to 30 kg/m²	0.97	0.95	0.99	0.0016
	Overall BMI above 30 kg/m² ^* Race				0.92
	BMI per 1 unit increase above 30 kg/m²	1.01	0.99	1.03	0.51
1-year All-Cause Mortality for HFpEF patients	Overall BMI up to 30 kg/m²^* Race				0.27
	BMI per 1 unit increase up to 30 kg/m²	0.96	0.95	0.96	<0.0001
	Overall BMI above 30 kg/m²^* Race				0.65
	BMI per 1 unit increase above 30 kg/m²	1.00	1.00	1.01	0.67
1-year All-Cause Mortality for HFrEF patients	Overall BMI up to 30 kg/m²^* Race				0.0246
	BMI per 1 unit increase up to 30 kg/m²	0.96	0.95	0.97	<0.0001
	Overall BMI above 30 kg/m² ^* Race				0.96
	BMI per 1 unit increase above 30 kg/m²	1.01	1.00	1.02	0.0438

HR reported per 1 kg/m² BMI increase

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30-day and 1-year all-cause mortality were evaluated from the discharge date to 30 days and 1 year afterward