Table 4. Multivariate logistic regression clinical model and model with NT-proBNP included for the prediction of primary endpoint (i.e. the two-year prognosis in terms of all-cause mortality, heart transplantation and LVAD implantation).
Clinical model | Biomarker-clinical model | ||||
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Predictor | OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | |
Age [years] | 10-unit increase | 1.23 (1.04; 1.46) | 0.015 | 1.18 (0.99; 1.40) | 0.065 |
NT-proBNP [ng/L] | 1,000-unit increase | —— | 1.18 (1.08; 1.29) | < 0.001 | |
NYHA classification | 1-unit increase | 1.92 (1.36; 2.72) | < 0.001 | 1.70 (1.19; 2.44) | 0.003 |
Hemoglobin [g/l] | <130 in men, <120 in women | 1.94 (1.07; 3.50) | 0.028 | 1.73 (1.12; 2.67) | 0.013 |
Sodium [mmol/l] | < 135 (ref. ≥ 135) | 1.94 (1.07; 3.50) | 0.028 | 2.07 (1.12; 3.81) | 0.020 |
Uric acid [μmol/l] | 100–unit increase | 1.46 (1.20; 1.78) | < 0.001 | 1.36 (1.11; 1.67) | 0.003 |
Furosemide [mg] | > 40 (ref. ≤ 40) | 2.90 (1.94; 4.34) | < 0.001 | 2.84 (1.87; 4.33) | < 0.001 |