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Table 3 Cox proportional hazards models: associations with all cause 1-year and 3-year mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction (n = 651)

From: Diagonal earlobe crease and long-term survival after myocardial infarction

Variable

Reference

1-year mortality

3-year mortality

  

Hazard ratio

95% CI

p value

Hazard ratio

95% CI

p value

DEC (grade 2/3)

Grade 0/1

2.57

1.07–6.17

0.0347

1.48

0.94–2.34

0.0897

Gender (female)

Male

0.60

0.31–1.16

0.1301

0.71

0.47–1.08

0.1046

Age [years]

 

1.05

1.01–1.09

0.0242

1.03

1.01–1.06

0.0057

Diabetes mellitus (yes)

No

1.02

0.54–1.91

0.9632

1.05

0.70–1.56

0.8177

PAOD (yes)

No

1.90

0.98–3.67

0.0566

2.11

1.37–3.25

0.0007

History of stroke (yes)

No

1.56

0.75–3.23

0.2334

1.55

0.96–2.49

0.0717

Chronic kidney disease (yes)

No

1.19

0.57–2.46

0.6423

1.39

0.88–2.22

0.1628

Reinfarction (yes)

No

1.39

0.69 –2.83

0.3595

0.83

0.55–1.25

0.3784

Any recanalization therapy (yes)

No

0.34

0.15–0.76

0.0088

0.63

0.37–1.10

0.1046

LVEF < 50

≥ 50

2.27

1.16–4.42

0.0161

2.21

1.47–3.32

0.0002

1-VD

3-VD

0.64

0.25–1.65

0.3531

0.74

0.42–1.31

0.2965

2-VD

3-VD

1.28

0.64–2.58

0.4839

1.21

0.77–1.91

0.4107

VD: Others, missing

3-VD

1.12

0.38–3.23

0.8415

1.39

0.67–2.87

0.3735

CRP > 3 mg/dl

≤ 3 mg/l

4.02

2.18–7.41

< 0.0001

3.13

2.09–4.68

< 0.0001

CRP data missing

≤ 3 mg/l

1.29

0.38–4.40

0.6861

0.94

0.42–2.08

0.8768

  1. CI confidence interval, DEC diagonal ear lobe crease, PAOD peripheral arterial occlusive disease, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, VD vessel disease, CRP c-reactive protein