Chronic Kidney Disease and Mortality in Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Recipients

Table 2

Mortality Predictors in Univariate and Multivariate Analyses.

	Alive	Dead	𝑡-test or
	(𝑛=302)	(𝑛=139)	𝜒^2	Logistic Regression
Predictors	Mean ± SE or % (𝑛)		𝑃	OR	95% CI
Age (yr)	65.2±0.7	70.3±0.9	<.0005	1.034	1.005–1.064
eGFR (mL/min)	78.1±2.2	57.0±2.6	<.0005	.986	.975–.997
Creatinine (mg/dl)	1.38±0.07	1.80±0.14	.008
Magnesium (mg/dl)	1.75±0.01	1.81±0.03	.019
Caucasian Race	73.2 (221)	82.0 (114)	.044
Diabetes Mellitus	27.2 (82)	34.5 (48)	.114	2.094	1.129–3.883
Beta-blockers	53.3 (161)	28.1 (39)	<.0005	.342	.190–.614
ACEIs/ARBs	78.5 (237)	64.7 (90)	.002	.515	.269–.985
Reason for ICD			.005
Primary prevention	57.9 (175)	43.8 (61)
Secondary prevention	42.1 (127)	56.2 (78)
Type of ICD			<.0005
Single Chamber	23.2 (70)	56.8 (79)		10.499	3.238–34.045
Dual Chamber	61.3 (185)	38.1 (53)		4.232	1.326–13.505
Biventricular	15.6 (47)	5.0 (7)		1.0