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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 22.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2020 Nov 9;142(25):2420–2430. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.050941

Table 3.

Multivariable adjusted associations of baseline body composition measures with risk of HF events

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Person- years Event rate
per 1,000
person years
HR
(95% CI)
P value HR
(95% CI)
P value HR
(95% CI)
P value
Per 10 kg higher predicted fat mass
Overall HF 58,018 4.43 1.29
(1.14, 1.46)
<0.001 0.98
(0.86, 1.13)
0.83 0.94
(0.76, 1.16)
0.56
HFpEF 57,956 2.23 1.35
(1.14, 1.60)
<0.001 1.02
(0.84, 1.24)
0.83 0.98
(0.73, 1.31)
0.88
HFrEF 57,956 1.79 1.15
(0.94, 1.40)
0.19 0.94
(0.75, 1.18)
0.60 0.85
(0.60, 1.21)
0.37
Per 10 kg higher predicted lean mass
Overall HF 58,018 4.43 1.32
(1.15, 1.52)
<0.001 1.05
(0.90, 1.22)
0.53 1.12
(0.90, 1.40)
0.33
HFpEF 57,956 2.23 1.35
(1.11, 1.64)
0.003 1.05
(0.86, 1.30)
0.63 1.08
(0.79, 1.47)
0.64
HFrEF 57,956 1.79 1.25
(1.00, 1.57)
0.05 1.08
(0.85, 1.37)
0.54 1.26
(0.89, 1.80)
0.20
Per 10 cm higher waist circumference
Overall HF 58,018 4.43 1.26
(1.16, 1.38)
<0.001 1.08
(0.97, 1.19)
0.16 1.10
(0.98, 1.22)
0.10
HFpEF 57,956 2.23 1.27
(1.13, 1.43)
<0.001 1.08
(0.94, 1.24)
0.30 1.08
(0.93, 1.26)
0.31
HFrEF 57,956 1.79 1.20
(1.05, 1.38)
0.01 1.08
(0.92, 1.27)
0.34 1.12
(0.95, 1.34)
0.19

Multivariable adjusted Cox proportional hazard models were constructed for each continuous measure of body composition and for each HF outcome with sequential adjustment for potential confounders

Model 1 included age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, income, treatment group

Model 2 included Model 1 covariates plus baseline CRF

Model 3 included Model 2 covariates plus history of hypertension, systolic BP, smoking status, alcohol use status, estimated GFR, diabetes duration, insulin use, HbA1c, history of CVD, predicted fat mass (except for WC model), predicted lean mass (except for WC model)

Abbreviations: BP = blood pressure; CI = confidence interval; CRF = cardiorespiratory fitness; GFR = glomerular filtration rate; HF = heart failure; HFpEF = heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; HFrEF = heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HR = hazard ratio; WC = waist circumference