Table 4. Cox regression multivariate analysis for 1-year mortality in hospital-discharged patients.

Variables in the model	Coefficient	SE Coef	HR	95%CI	p-value
NYHA FC III heart failure at 30 days	3.3	1.0	27.5	3.8-199	0.001
Male sex	-4.1	1.3	0.02	0.001-0.23	0.002
New pacemaker	2.3	0.8	10.2	2.0-52.3	0.005
Baseline CRP > 0.5 mg/dL	2.1	0.8	8.9	1.6-48.0	0.01

SE Coef: standard error of the coefficient; HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval; NYHA: New York Heart Association; FC: functional class; CRP–C: reactive protein; Method of variable selection: stepwise forward.