Contemporary Results of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Obese Patients

Table 2

Multivariate Cox proportional hazard model.

Variables	Hazard ratio	Confidence interval	value
Gender	0.71	0.45–1.14	0.16
Age	1.03	0.98–1.08	0.15
Diabetes mellitus	1.16	0.72–1.87	0.53
Hypertension	1.41	0.66–3.00	0.36
COPD	1.63	0.96–2.78	0.07
GFR (MDRD)	0.99	0.97–1.00	0.13
EuroSCORE	1.02	1.01–1.4	<0.001
BMI ≥ 25 kg/m^2	0.36	0.21–0.6	0.01

BMI, body mass index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GFR (MDRD), glomerular filtration rate (modification of diet in renal disease); NYHA, New York Heart Association.