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Table 2 Adjusted hazards ratio (HR) for all-cause and cardiovascular death at 7-year follow-up in heart failure patients with undiagnosed and clinical diabetes compared with those without diabetes

From: Seven-year mortality in heart failure patients with undiagnosed diabetes: an observational study

 

All-cause death

p value

Cardio-vascular death

p value

 

No. of events (%) HR*(95% CI)

 

No. of events (%) HR*(95% CI)>

 

No-diabetes (n = 188)

105 (55.9)

1 (reference)

 

56 (29.8)

1 (reference)

 

Undiagnosed diabetes (n = 63)

45 (72.6)

1.69 (1.17-2.46)

0,006

36 (58.1)

2.45 (1.58-3.81)

0,001

Clinical diabetes (whole group)

112 (74.2)

1.48 (1.10-1.99)

0,009

84 (55.6)

2.01 (1.40-2.89)

0,006

Clinical diabetes (treatment)

      

Diet alone (n = 43)

28 (63.6)

1.38 (0.9-2.13)

0,129

20 (45.5)

1.87 (1.09-3.18)

0,026

Oral drugs (n = 48)

34 (70.8)

1.33 (0.89-1.98)

0,221

22 (45.8)

1.49 (0.89-2.47)

0,096

Insulin (n = 58)

50 (84.7)

2.11 (1.48-3.00)

0,005

42 (71.2)

2.73 (1.76-4.24)

< 0,001

  1. *Adjusted for age, sex, hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking, previous stroke, previous myocardial infarction, peripheral vascular disease, hemoglobin and plasma creatinine concentrations.