Research Article

[Retracted] Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model for Ventricular Arrhythmia in Elderly Patients with Coronary Heart Disease

Table 2

Variable assignment description.

Variable nameVariable typeClassified variable coding

Gender2 classificationMale = 0, Female = 1
Age, year (quartile)Ordered grade60∼66 year = 1
67∼75 year = 2
76∼82 year = 3
Above 82 year = 4
Smoking2 classificationNonsomker = 0, smoker = 1
Drinking2 classificationNondrinker = 0, drinker = 1
Diabetes2 classificationNondiabetes = 0, diabetes = 1
HLP2 classificationNon-HLP = 0, HLP = 1
QTcd (ms)Continuous variable
Tp-e/QT (quartile)Ordered grade0∼0.192 = 1
0.1921∼0.224 = 2
0.2241∼0.245 = 3
Above 0.245 = 4
SDNNContinuous variable
NT-proBNP, pg/ml (quartile)Ordered grade0∼63.01 = 1
63.02∼171.4 = 2
171.41∼474.1 = 3
Above 474.1 = 4
cTnT (ng/ml)Continuous variable
Ca2+ (mmol/L)Continuous variable
LVEF (%)Continuous variable
LAV (ml)Continuous variable