Table 3

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volume 41, Issue 11, June 2003 DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00425-X

Anemia predicts mortality in severe heart failure
The prospective randomized amlodipine survival evaluation (PRAISE)

Dariush Mozaffarian, Regina Nye and Wayne C Levy

Total Mortality According to Quintiles of Hematocrit Among Men and Women

	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
Men (n)	>173	172	176	167	>171
Hematocrit (%)	<38.2	38.2–41.3	41.4–43.7	43.8–46.8	>46.8
Deaths per 100 person-years	>45	34	25	24	27
Unadjusted HR (95% CI)	1.71 (1.23–2.38)	1.28 (0.91–1.81)	0.95 (0.66–1.36)	0.90 (0.62–1.30)	1.0 (referent)
Adjusted HR*(95% CI)	1.57 (1.09–2.25)	1.36 (0.95–0.96)	1.09 (0.75–1.59)	0.95 (0.65–1.40)	1.0 (referent)
Women (n)	55	55	54	54	53
Hematocrit (%)	<36.8	36.8–38.7	38.8–40.9	41.0–43.7	>43.7
Deaths per 100 person-years	36	21	15	30	23
Unadjusted HR (95% CI)	1.50 (0.80–2.83)	0.90 (0.44–1.82)	0.64 (0.31–1.34)	1.25 (0.65–2.40)	1.0 (referent)
Adjusted HR*(95% CI)	1.62 (0.83–3.14)	1.10 (0.53–2.30)	0.64 (0.30–1.35)	1.76 (0.88–3.50)	1.0 (referent)

Abbreviation as in Table 2.