The top tertile of hematocrit change during hospitalization is associated with lower risk of mortality in acute heart failure patients

Table 2 Univariate and multivariable predictors of all-cause mortality in patients with acute heart failure

	Hemodilution	No change	Hemoconcentration
Unadjusted HR (95% CI) P value	1 (referent)	0.85(0.59–1.23) 0.390	0.48(0.31–0.74) 0.001
Adjusted HR^a (95% CI) P value	1 (referent)	0.72(0.48–1.10) 0.130	0.39(0.24–0.63) <0.001

HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval; other abbreviations as in Table 1
^aage, smoking, diastolic blood pressure, NYHA class, plasma potassium, serum sodium, uric acid, eGFR, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (log), NT-pro-BNP (log), Hgb, albumin, low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c), dilated cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, diabetes mellitus, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, loop diuretics, ACE-I/ARBs, beta-blockers were included in the multivariate Cox regression models

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