Disease Markers

Research Article

Prognostic Utility of Vitamin D in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients in Coastal Norway

Table 5

The univariate and multivariable HRs (95% CI) for continuous 25(OH)D values.
 2-year follow-up7-year follow-up
 Univariate analysisMultivariable analysisUnivariate analysisMultivariable analysis
Total population    
 Total mortality0.99 (0.98–1.00)
= 0.035		1.00 (0.99–1.01)
= 0.38		0.99 (0.99-1.00)
= 0.026		1.00 (0.99-1.00)
= 0.23
 Cardiac death0.99 (0.98–1.00)
= 0.06		0.99 (0.98–1.01)
= 0.29		NANA
 SCD0.99 (0.97–1.01)
= 0.23		1.00 (0.98–1.02)
= 0.92		NANA
TnT pos. population    
 Total mortality0.99 (0.99-1.00)
= 0.012		0.99 (0.98–1.01)
= 0.34		0.99 (0.98–1.00)
= 0.002		0.99 (0.99-1.00)
= 0.07
 Cardiac death0.99 (0.97–1.00)
= 0.055		1.00 (0.98–1.01)
= 0.54		NANA
 SCD0.98 (0.96–1.01)
= 0.12		1.0 (0.97–1.02)
= 0.74		NANA
Females    
 Total mortality0.98 (0.97–1.00)
= 0.023		1.00 (0.98–1.01)
= 0.53		0.99 (0.98–1.00)
= 0.025		1.00 (0.99–1.01)
= 0.53
 Cardiac death0.98 (0.97–1.00)
= 0.044		0.99 (0.97–1.01)
= 0.45		NANA
 SCD0.98 (0.95–1.01)
= 0.13		0.99 (0.96–1.03)
= 0.73		NANA
Males    
 Total mortality1.0 (0.98–1.01)
= 0.58		0.99 (0.98–1.01)
= 0.40		1.0 (0.99–1.01)
= 0.42		0.99 (0.99-1.00)
= 0.10
 Cardiac death1.0 (0.98–1.01)
= 0.65		0.99 (0.97–1.01)
= 0.36		NANA
 SCD1.0 (0.97–1.03)
= 0.99		1.01 (0.98–1.05)
= 0.43		NANA
SCD, sudden cardiac death.
Adjusted for gender, age, smoking, hypertension, index diagnosis, diabetes mellitus, CHF (defined by Killip-Kimball class at admission; patients in class 2 to 4 were classified as CHF patients and those in class 1 as non CHF), history of previous CHD (i.e., history of either angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, or coronary artery bypass graft), hypercholesterolemia/use of statins, TnT >0.01 ng/mL, eGFR, hsCRP, BNP, body mass index (kg/m2), and beta-blockers prior to enrolment.