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. 2020 Aug 3;19:120. doi: 10.1186/s12933-020-01092-7

Table 4.

Relation of the GDF-15 level and all-cause death in univariate and multivariate survival analysis

Independent predictors of all-cause death
Univariate Models Multivariate Models
HR 95% CI P HR 95% CI P
Age 1.97 1.04–1.12 < 0.001 1.07 1.01–1.09 0.01
Sex 1.23 0.98–1.37 0.09
Smoking 0.87 0.80–1.17 0.39
BMI 0.99 0.95–1.02 0.48
Hypertension 0.98 0.74–1.28 0.87
Hyperlipidemia 1.54 1.38–1.76 0.02 1.48 1.38–1.86 0.03
DM 1.11 0.87–1.42 0.42
GDF-15 ≤ 1200 ng/L 1.11 0.87–1.42 0.42
GDF-15 ≤ 1800 ng/L 1.33 0.94–1.56 0.13
GDF-15 > 1800 ng/L 2.54 1.99–3.09 < 0.001 2.04 1.57–2.61 < 0.001