Relationship between Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Thromboembolic Events in Elderly Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

Table 2

The independent risk factor for thromboembolic and atherosclerotic events in elderly NVAF patients.

	B	SE	Wald		OR	95% CI
BNP	0.001	0.000	10.845	0.001	1.001	1.000–1.001
EF	0.014	0.042	0.115	0.735	1.014	0.934–1.102
LVEDD	−0.048	0.073	0.431	0.511	0.953	0.827–1.099
LA	0.014	0.093	0.023	0.880	1.014	0.845–1.218
CHA2DS2-VASc	0.327	0.204	2.560	0.110	1.386	0.929–2.068
Constant	−3.067	3.974	0.596	0.440	0.047

Note. OR, odds ratio; EF, ejection fraction; LA, left atrial; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter.