Table 2

Summary of Cox regression models

Admission to 1-year deathAdmission to 1-year death or MIAdmission to 3 year death
Total number of observations32 03732 0371274
Number of outcomes24223655261
May-Hosmer goodness of model fit (P)<0.0010.060.60
Harrell's c index0.8290.7460.782
Model estimates HR (95% CI), χ2
 Age per 10 year
  <671.5 (1.4 to 1.7), 10691.2 (1.1 to 1.3), 8531.8 (1.6–2.1), 102
  ≥671.9 (1.8 to 2.0)1.6 (1.5 to 1.6)NA (linear)
Systolic blood pressure per −20 mm  Hg≥139: 1.1 (1.0 to 1.2), 293≥139: 1.0 (1.0 to 1.1), 200≥160: 0.9 (0.7–1.1), 36
<139: 1.3 (1.3 to 1.4)<139: 1.3 (1.2 to 1.3)130–159: 1.6 (1.2–2.0)
<130: 1.3 (1.0–1.6)
Pulse per 30 BPM
 <511.1 (0.9 to 1.4), 1311.0 (0.9 to 1.3), 1261.0 (0.3 to 2.7), 32
 51–831.5 (1.4 to 1.7)1.4 (1.2 to 1.5)1.7 (1.1 to 2.8)
 84–1181.3 (1.2–1.4)1.2 (1.2–1.3)1.6 (1.2 to 2.0)
 >1180.9 (0.8 to 1.0)0.9 (0.8 to 1.0)0.9 (0.6 to 1.1)
Creatinine per mg
 <10.6 (0.4 to 1.0), 3050.9 (0.6 to 1.3), 3381.5 (1.3 to 1.8), 23
 1–22.2 (2.0 to 2.4)1.9 (1.7 to 2.0)NA (linear)
 >21.1 (1.1 to 1.2)1.1 (1.1 to 1.2)NA (linear)
Killip class II (v I)1.9 (1.7 to 2.1), 3051.7 (1.6 to 1.9), 2881.1 (0.8 to 1.4), 18
Killip class III (v I)2.4 (2.1 to 2.7)2.0 (1.8 to 2.2)III–IV v I: 2.3 (1.6 to 3.4)
Killip class IV (v I)3.7 (3.0 to 4.5)3.2 (2.6 to 3.9)NA
Cardiac arrest at admission2.4 (2.0 to 2.9), 742.0 (1.7 to 2.3), 552.9 (1.7 to 5.2), 14
Positive initial enzymes1.5 (1.3 to 1.6), 721.3 (1.2 to 1.4), 42NA
ST deviation1.6 (1.4 to 1.7), 1091.4 (1.3 to 1.5), 921.5 (1.2 to 1.9), 10
Substitute factors*: renal insufficiency1.6 (1.4 to 1.7), 661.6 (1.5 to 1.8), 1052.0 (1.3 to 3.2), 9
Diuretics in first 24 h2.0 (1.8 to 2.1), 2661.7 (1.6 to 1.8), 2362.0 (1.5 to 2.6), 27
  • *Renal insufficiency substituted for creatinine, diuretics for Killip class; sample sizes increase to 33 890 patients with 2585 deaths within a year of admission (c index 0.820), 33 890 patients with 3882 deaths or MIs within a year of admission (c index 0.738), 1298 patients with 266 deaths within 3 years of admission (c index 0.780).

  • BPM, beats per minute; NA, not applicable.