Clinical significance of precedent asymptomatic non-sustained ventricular tachycardias on subsequent ICD interventions and heart failure hospitalization in primary prevention ICD patients

Table 3 Predictors of appropriate ICD therapy

	Ischemic cardiomyopathy				Non-ischemic cardiomyopathy
	Univariable analysis		Adjusted model^a		Univariable analysis		Adjusted model^a
	Hazard ratio	P value	Hazard ratio	P value	Hazard ratio	P value	Hazard ratio	P value
LVEF (+1%)	1.00 [0.96–1.04]	0.94	1.00 [0.95–1.04]	0.86	0.97 [0.90–1.05]	0.40	0.97 [0.90–1.04]	0.42
NSVT	26.9 [6.33–114]	< 0.0001	26.1 [6.13–111]	< 0.0001	4.62 [1.33–16.1]	0.016	4.41 [1.26–15.4]	0.020
NYHA class (+1)	0.86 [0.46–1.62]	0.64			1.17 [0.35–3.76]	0.80
Atrial fibrillation	1.18 [0.53–2.59]	0.69			0.84 [0.24–3.00]	0.79
Hemoglobin (+1 g/dL)	1.12 [0.91–1.43]	0.30			0.90 [0.63–1.33]	0.58

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