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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: JACC Heart Fail. 2018 Jun;6(6):465–473. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2018.02.002

TABLE 3.

Model 2: Unadjusted and Adjusted Association Between Patient Characteristics and Medications at Enrollment with KCCQ-os (N = 3,494)

Unadjusted Effect
(95% CI)
p Value Adjusted Effect
(95% CI)
p Value
Age, 10-yr increments
  ≤70 yrs 1.2 (0.5 to 1.8) <0.001 1.6 (0.6 to 2.6) 0.002
  ≥70 yrs −0.2 (−1.7 to 1.3) 0.765 −5.5 (−7.5 to −3.4) <0.001

Female (ref: male) −4.8 (−6.5 to −3.1) <0.001 −2.2 (−3.8 to −0.6) 0.007

Race/ethnicity (ref: white)
  Black −4.5 (−6.7 to −2.2) <0.001 −0.4 (−2.5 to 1.8) 0.736
  Other 0.1 (−2.8 to 3.1) 0.930 3.1 (0.3 to 5.9) 0.031
  Hispanic (ref: non-Hispanic) −3.4 (−6.1 to −0.6) 0.016 −4.0 (−6.6 to −1.3) 0.003

BMI to per 7.2 U −3.3 (−4.0 to −2.5) <0.001 −2.5 (−3.3 to −1.8) <0.001

Total household income (ref: <$25,000)
  $25,000–$49,999 4.8 (2.6 to 7.1) <0.001 0.7 (−1.4 to 2.8) 0.505
  $50,000–$74,999 10.1 (7.5 to 12.7) <0.001 3.2 (0.7 to 5.7) 0.013
  $75,000–$99,999 10.8 (7.4 to 14.2) <0.001 3.8 (0.6 to 7.0) 0.019
  $100,000–$149,999 14.2 (10.6 to 17.8) <0.001 4.7 (1.3 to 8.1) 0.007
  $150,000 or more 15.3 (10.4 to 20.1) <0.001 4.7 (0.1 to 9.2) 0.045
  Prefer not to answer −0.9 (−2.6 to 0.7) 0.267 −1.8 (−3.3 to −0.2) 0.029

Employment status (ref: working full-time)
  Working part-time −2.8 (−6.1 to 0.6) 0.107 −1.3 (−4.5 to 1.9) 0.417
  Disability for medical reasons −20.4 (−22.8 to −17.9) <0.001 −14.3 (−16.8 to −11.8) <0.001
  Not employed for other reasons −7.4 (−9.6 to −5.2) <0.001 −5.0 (−7.4 to −2.5) <0.001

COPD −10.4 (−12.1 to −8.7) <0.001 −6.2 (−7.7 to −4.6) <0.001

Chronic kidney disease −6.4 (−8.3 to −4.4) <0.001 −2.6 (−4.4 to −0.8) 0.005

Depression −10.5 (−12.3 to −8.7) <0.001 −7.3 (−9.0 to −5.7) <0.001

Atrial fibrillation −2.0 (−3.6 to −0.4) 0.015 −2.0 (−3.5 to −0.5) 0.011

Coronary artery disease −0.9 (−2.6 to 0.7) 0.267 −1.8 (−3.3 to −0.2) 0.029

Prior HF hospitalization in past year (ref: 0)
  1 −5.2 (−7.1 to −3.4) <0.001 −2.8 (−4.5 to −1.2) 0.001
  ≥2 −13.2 (−15.6 to −10.7) <0.001 −6.6 (−8.9 to −4.3) <0.001

Pulse, per 12.5 beats/min −4.0 (−4.8 to −3.2) <0.001 −2.4 (−3.1 to −1.7) <0.001

LVEF, per 8% 2.2 (1.5 to 3.0) <0.001 1.1 (0.4 to 1.9) 0.003

ARNI 1.2 (−1.3 to 3.6) 0.3474 3.9 (1.5 to 6.4) 0.002

ACEi/ARB 3.6 (2.0 to 5.2) <0.001 3.6 (2.0 to 5.3) <0.001

Loop diuretic agent −8.2 (−9.8 to −6.6) <0.001 −4.4 (−6.0 to −2.9) <0.001

Ivabradine −10.2 (−17.2 to −3.2) 0.004 −6.9 (−13.2 to −0.6) 0.033

Inotrope −25.8 (−37.9 to −13.6) <0.001 −17.0 (−27.9 to −6.1) 0.002

Abbreviations as in Table 1.