Research Article

Continued Elevation of Plasma IL-4 and IL-17 Predicts the Progression from VMC to DCM

Table 3

Prediction of incident DCM in patients with VMC (RR 95% CI).

AUC (95% CI)

Age (yrs)0.7961 (0.7526-0.8395)
Gender0.5767 (0.5290-0.6244)
LVEF (%)0.9092 (0.8822-0.9362)
UCG LV0.9075 (0.8689-0.9461)
Ln(IL-4)0.8566 (0.8057-0.9075)
Ln(IL-17)0.7682 (0.7223-0.8141)
Basic model (without cytokine, age+gender+LVEF)0.9155 (0.8769-0.9540)
Basic model+ln(IL-4)+ln(IL-17)0.9344 (0.8948-0.9741)

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