Table 3.

Association of EFV With Incident HF in the Total Population

Model	HR (95% CI)	P value
1	1.37 (1.15–1.65)	0.001
2	1.34 (1.07–1.68)	0.010
3	1.32 (1.01–1.72)	0.041
4	1.33 (1.02–1.74)	0.036

Model 1 is adjusted for age, sex, and cohort. Model 2 is additionally adjusted for baseline values of prevalent diabetes, body mass index, smoking, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, use of antihypertensive medication, total and high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, and use of lipid‐lowering medication. Model 3 is model 2 plus additional adjustment for coronary heart disease as a time‐varying covariate. Model 4 is model 3 plus additional adjustment for atrial fibrillation as a time‐varying covariate. EFV indicates epicardial fat volume; HF, heart failure; and HR, hazard ratio.