Table 3.

Univariate and multivariate analyses for the secondary composite outcome of all-cause death, stroke and myocardial infarction.

	Univariate			Multivariate Model 1			Multivariate Model 2
	HR	95% CI	p Value	HR	95% CI	p Value	HR	95% CI	p Value
Age at baseline	1.08	1.06–1.10	<0.001	1.07	1.04–1.10	<0.001	1.07	1.04–1.09	<0.001
BMI	0.95	0.91–1.00	0.048	0.97	0.92–1.03	0.375	0.97	0.092–1.02	0.252
Female sex	1.82	1.22–2.72	0.003	0.79	0.47–1.33	0.374	0.79	0.48–1.33	0.378
Smoking habit	0.62	0.41–0.94	0.023	0.90	0.55–1.45	0.655	0.88	0.54–1.42	0.597
Hypertension	1.80	1.12–2.89	0.016	0.74	0.43–1.28	0.285	0.74	0.43–1.29	0.291
Diabetes mellitus	2.11	1.42–3.14	<0.001	1.29	0.76–2.18	0.347	1.30	0.77–2.20	0.320
Baseline HR	1.01	1.00–1.02	0.046	1	0.99–1.01	0.636	1	0.99–1.01	0.778
Baseline SBP	0.99	0.98–1.00	0.004	0.99	0.99–1.00	0.127	0.99	0.99–1	0.124
Coronary angiography	0.21	0.10–0.45	<0.001	0.39	0.13–1.16	0.091	0.40	0.13–1.18	0.095
Heart failure after admission	4.90	3.09–7.77	<0.001	3.27	1.82–5.88	<0.001	0.354	1.96–6.38	<0.001
Bacterial infection	2.85	1.69–4.81	<0.001	--	--	--	0.94	0.48–1.93	0.846
Hemoglobin	0.79	0.72–0.86	<0.001	1.03	0.93–1.16	0.541	1.03	0.92–1.15	0.584
Platelets	1.00	1.00–1.01	0.003	1.00	1.00–1.01	<0.001	1	1.00–1.01	<0.001
eGFR	0.97	0.97–0.98	<0.001	0.99	0.98–1.00	0.039	0.99	0.98–1	0.019
PCT above cutoff	3.91	2.54–6.04	<0.001	1.31	0.73–2.34	0.361	--	--	--

Model 1: PCT above the cut-off was used. Model 2: infection was used instead of PCT. BMI—body mass index; HR—heart rate; SBP—systolic blood pressure; GFR—glomerular filtration rate; PCT—procalcitonin.