Patients were admitted for acute decompensated heart failure and were stratified by left ventricular ejection fraction. *Adjusted for age, race, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, tobacco smoking, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, stroke, hemodialysis, anemia, and LVEF (omitted in LVEF ≥50% model). †Adjusted for age, sex, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, tobacco smoking, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, stroke, hemodialysis, anemia, and LVEF (omitted in LVEF ≥50% model). ‡Adjusted for age, sex, race, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, tobacco smoking, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, stroke, hemodialysis, anemia, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker use, beta-blocker use, worst in-hospital blood urea nitrogen, admission systolic blood pressure, and LVEF (omitted in LVEF ≥50% model). CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio; other abbreviations as in Figures 1
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