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. 2021 Sep 28;20:197. doi: 10.1186/s12933-021-01374-8

Table 2.

Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for incident heart failure, hospitalization for heart failure, all-cause mortality, and cardiovascular mortality according to FLI score in the general population

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Events (n) HR 95% CI p value HR 95% CI p value HR 95% CI p value HR 95% CI p value
iHF
 FLI < 20 11,247 Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 20 ≤ FLI < 60 13,146 1.850 1.804–1.897 < 0.001 1.303 1.266–1.342 < 0.001 1.289 1.252–1.328 < 0.001 1.123 1.090–1.157 < 0.001
 FLI ≥ 60 4131 2.255 2.176–2.337 < 0.001 1.715 1.683–1.795 < 0.001 1.670 1.595–1.749 < 0.001 1.300 1.240–1.362 < 0.001
hHF
 FLI < 20 5060 Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 20 ≤ FLI < 60 5630 1.738 1.673–1.805 < 0.001 1.334 1.276–1.394 < 0.001 1.305 1.249–1.364 < 0.001 1.160 1.109–1.213 < 0.001
 FLI ≥ 60 1794 2.156 2.043–2.275 < 0.001 2.041 1.906–2.186 < 0.001 1.936 1.806–2.075 < 0.001 1.542 1.438–1.655 < 0.001
All-cause mortality
 FLI < 20 11,857 Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 20 ≤ FLI < 60 10,752 1.418 1.381–1.455 < 0.001 1.247 1.210–1.286 < 0.001 1.211 1.178–1.249 < 0.001 1.133 1.908–1.168 < 0.001
 FLI ≥ 60 3058 1.557 1.496–1.620 < 0.001 1.992 1.897–2.091 < 0.001 1.858 1.768–1.952 < 0.001 1.619 1.540–1.702 < 0.001
CV mortality
 FLI < 20 1359 Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 20 ≤ FLI < 60 1351 1.554 1.442–1.676 < 0.001 1.326 1.214–1.447 < 0.001 1.287 1.178–1.405 < 0.001 1.105 1.011–1.207 0.028
 FLI ≥ 60 364 1.616 1.440–1.814 < 0.001 2.015 1.748–2.323 < 0.001 1.871 1.620–2.160 < 0.001 1.413 1.221–1.634 < 0.001

CI confidence interval, CV cardiovascular, HR hazard ratio, iHF incident heart failure, hHF incident hospitalized heart failure

Model 1: crude

Model 2: age, sex and body weight

Model 3: model 2 + alcohol drinking, smoking, regular exercise, and income status

Model 4: model 3 + hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and estimated glomerular filtration rate