Cardiac event (+) (n=107cases) Cardiac event(-) (n=505cases) Range p-value
Age(y.o) 63.1±12.4 62.3±13.6 25~85 p=0.7609
Sex(M/F) 76/31 387/118   p=0.2268
NYHA functional class (Ⅰ/Ⅱ/Ⅲ/Ⅳ) 49/23/24/11 351/99/50/5   p<0.0001
Hypertension 38 (35.5%) 179 (35.4%)   p=0.9997
Diabetes mellitus 37 (34.5%) 135 (26.7%)   p=0.1091
Dyslipidemia 15( 14.0%) 178 (35.2%)   p<0.0001
Atrial fibrillation 22 (20.5%) 148 (29.3%)   p=0.570
Ventricular tachycardia Ventricular fibrillation 35 (32.7%) 123 (24.3%)   p=0.826
IHD 48( 44.8%) 224 (44.3%)   p=0.9242
p/o PCI 20 (18.7%) 122 (24.2%)   p=0.2072
p/o CABG 15 (14.0%) 66 (13.0%)   p=0.8050
HCM 3 ( 2.7% ) 13 ( 9.7% )   p=0.7051
DCM 55 (51..4%) 240 (47.5%)   p=0.7331
Valvular heart disease 1 (0.9%) 28 (5.5%)   p=0.0677
BNP concentration (pg/ml) 543±608.3 309.4±419.3 30.2~4800 p=0.0002
Hemoglobin level (g/dl) 11.8±1.7 13.3±1.8 7.9~17.5 p<0.0001
Esimated GFR (ml/min/1.73m2) 46.5±18.3 56.6±21.5 20.2~129.3 p<0.0001
Sodium (mmol/L) 139.4±3.6 140.1±3.3 130~148 p=0.0683
Table 1: Comparison of clinical data between groups with and without cardiac events.