Table 5.

Univariate Cox regression for prediction of long-term cardiovascular mortality.

Variable	HR	95%CI		p-value
High TMAO (μmol/L)	21.33	4.71	96.48	<0.001
Gender (male)	1.587	0.448	5.161	0.442
Previous MI	3.085	1.036	9.186	0.043
Age	1.077	1.028	1.127	0.002
Diabetes	4.190	1.402	12.523	0.010
Peripheral vascular disease	3.273	0.724	14.788	0.123
Prior PCI	0.042	0.000	154.219	0.450
Smoking	0.443	0.148	1.320	0.144
Platelets	1.000	0.992	1.007	0.919
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	0.685	0.542	0.865	0.001
Creatinine levels in admission (mg/dl)	2.229	1.359	3.656	0.002
Beta-blocker (BB)	0.407	0.089	1.853	0.245
Antidiabetics	2.005	0.551	7.292	0.291
Calcium channel blockers (CCB)	2.216	0.490	10.024	0.302

P value < 0.05 is presented bold. HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.