Table 4.
Predictors of unexpected admission for heart failure or all-cause mortality
| Univariable | Multivariable modela | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude HR | p-value | Adjusted HR | p-value | |
| Age (years) | 1.07 (1.03–1.11) | < 0.001 | 1.06 (1.02–1.11) | 0.002 |
| Male | 1.67 (0.96–2.89) | 0.069 | 1.56 (0.88–2.75) | 0.130 |
| Diabetes | 2.71 (1.57–4.68) | < 0.001 | 2.09 (1.20–3.63) | 0.009 |
| Hypertension | 1.57 (0.88–2.80) | 0.125 | ||
| Atrial fibrillation | 2.88 (1.56–5.30) | 0.001 | 2.77 (1.47–5.23) | 0.002 |
| Stroke | 1.39 (0.60–3.26) | 0.445 | ||
| Ischemic heart disease | 2.73 (1.57–4.74) | < 0.001 | 1.91 (1.09–3.37) | 0.025 |
| Peak aortic velocity (m/s) | 0.65 (0.47–0.89) | 0.008 | ||
| AV replacement | 0.33 (0.17–0.64) | 0.001 | 0.22 (0.11–0.46) | < 0.001 |
| LV ejection fraction (%) | 0.97 (0.95–0.99) | 0.011 | 0.97 (0.95–0.99) | 0.010 |
AV, aortic valve; HR, hazard ratio; LV, left ventricular
aConstructed with stepwise backward selection from variables presented in the first column