Table 4

 Independent predictors of all cause mortality

PredictorHR (95% CI) Allp ValueWhitesSouth Asians
HR, hazard ratio.
Ethnicity
    White1.00NANA
    South Asian0.71 (0.53 to 0.96)0.020NANA
Age (years)
    <631.001.001.00
    63–701.597 (1.043 to 2.443)0.0411.917 (1.133 to 3.245)1.039 (0.472 to 2.288)
    71–771.799 (1.186 to 2.730)0.0081.604 (0.951 to 2.703)1.992 (0.942 to 4.212)
    >772.136 (1.404 to 3.251)0.0021.972 (1.170 to 3.323)2.251 (1.067 to 4.748)
SBP (mm Hg)
    >1581.001.001.00
    140–1581.583 (1.090 to 2.300)0.0221.709 (1.065 to 2.743)1.738 (0.907 to 3.329)
    122–1391.206 (0.801 to 1.816)0.5131.369 (0.820 to 2.285)1.371 (0.650 to 2.890)
    <1221.624 (1.103 to 2.391)0.0171.633 (1.023 to 2.605)1.527 (0.695 to 3.354)
Serum creatinine (μmol/l)
    <851.001.001.00
    85–1041.529 (1.003 to 2.331)0.0892.020 (1.191 to 3.427)0.850 (0.405 to 1.784)
    105 to 1331.444 (0.946 to 2.203)0.0761.695 (0.991 to 2.900)1.093 (0.537 to 2.224)
    >1332.627 (1.746 to 3.951)<0.00014.129 (2.447 to 6.967)1.158 (0.570 to 2.351)
Serum glucose (mmol/l)
    <6.01.001.001.00
    6.0–7.61.218 (0.829 to 1.790)0.2851.373 (0.866 to 2.179)0.881 (0.417 to 1.860)
    7.7–10.01.183 (0.810 to 1.728)0.3131.174 (0.750 to 1.838)1.572 (0.732 to 3.374)
    >10.02.032 (1.420 to 2.906)<0.00012.474 (1.603 to 3.821)1.569 (0.789 to 3.118)
Serum haemoglobin (g/l)
    >1431.001.001.00
    131–1431.493 (0.989 to 2.255)0.0341.467 (0.902 to 2.387)1.499 (0.641 to 3.506)
    116–1301.620 (1.064 to 2.467)0.0301.909 (1.160 to 3.139)0.964 (0.425 to 2.184)
    ⩽1151.919 (1.275 to 2.886)0.0022.111 (1.288 to 3.462)1.666 (0.769 to 3.612)
Diuretic on admission1.300 (1.003 to 1.686)0.0391.173 (0.856 to 1.609)1.616 (0.981 to 2.664)