Research Article

Circulating Soluble ST2 Predicts All-Cause Mortality in Severe Heart Failure Patients with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

Table 3

The independent predictors of all-cause mortality.

Univariate regressionMultivariate regression
Unadjusted HR (95% CI) valueAdjusted HR (95% CI) value

Age1.08 (1.02–1.13)0.0041.06 (1.01–1.12)0.01
sST2 ≥43.43 ng/ml4.66 (1.62–13.44)0.0043.30 (1.02–10.67)0.046
NT-proBNP per 100 increased1.02 (1.01–1.03)<0.0011.02 (1.01–1.03)0.004

HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval. Other abbreviations are the same as for Table 1.