Table 5

Univariate analysis of possible predictors of cardiovascular mortality

Variable	HR (95% CI)	p Value
Age	1.03 (1.01 to 1.07)	0.007^*
Sex	0.72 (0.4 to 1.30)	0.274
Atrial fibrillation	1.56 (0.67 to 3.70)	0.312
Left bundle branch block	2.13 (1.02 to 4.44)	0.045^*
Duration of heart failure	1.01 (0.99 to 1.04)	0.250
Ischaemic origin of heart failure	2.55 (1.23 to 5.19)	0.014^*
Heart rate	0.99 (0.97 to 1.02)	0.435
Systolic blood pressure	0.99 (0.98 to 1.01)	0.549
Diastolic blood pressure	0.98 (0.96 to 1.01)	0.275
Left ventricular ejection fraction	0.99 (0.95 to 1.03)	0.743
Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter	0.97 (0.93 to 1.00)	0.075^*
Deceleration time	1.00 (0.99 to 1.00)	0.814
Systolic mitral annulus velocity	0.78 (0.56 to 1.10)	0.146
Early diastolic mitral annulus velocity	0.81 (0.67 to 0.98)	0.031^*
E/e' ratio	1.07 (1.00 to 1.13)	0.041^*
E/e' ratio >15	1.48 (0.81 to 2.70)	0.049^*
Systolic tricuspid annulus velocity	0.88 (0.78 to 0.99)	0.030^*
Diastolic tricuspid annulus velocity	0.90 (0.81 to 1.00)	0.053^*
E'r+S'r <18.5	1.38 (1.00 to 1.90)	0.046^*