Table 2

Univariable and multivariable Cox proportional regression analysis for all-cause mortality and RELiEF TAVI score development

Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional regression analysis (n=718)RELiEF TAVI score
Univariable analysisMultivariable analysis (n=673)βResulting points
HR (95% CI)P valueHR (95% CI)P value
Clinical parameters
 Age1.00 (0.99 to 1.02)0.53
 Male sex1.38 (1.11 to 1.71)0.00361.34 (1.06 to 1.68)0.0131.001
 Underweight (BMI <18.5 kg/m2)2.86 (1.45 to 5.64)0.00253.10 (1.50 to 6.40)0.00223.904
 GFR <60 mL/min1.19 (0.95 to 1.48)0.13
 Diabetes1.08 (0.87 to 1.35)0.46
 COPD1.54 (1.23 to 1.95)<0.0011.55 (1.21 to 1.99)<0.0011.522
 Atrial fibrillation1.42 (1.15 to 1.75)0.00111.28 (1.03 to 1.60)0.0280.861
 Prior stroke1.21 (0.93 to 1.57)0.16
 Prior myocardial infarction1.07 (0.85 to 1.35)0.55
Echocardiography
 SVI0.96 (0.95 to 0.98)<0.0010.96 (0.95 to 0.98)<0.0011.27*1
 LVEF
  LVEF 45%–49%1 (reference)
  LVEF 30%–44%1.21 (0.93 to 1.57)0.16
  LVEF <30%1.42 (1.09 to 1.84)0.0095
 ≥Moderate TR1.33 (1.08 to 1.65)0.0085
 ≥Moderate MR1.00 (0.81 to 1.23)0.99
 Pulmonary hypertension
 (sPAP >55 mm Hg)
1.53 (1.19 to 1.96)<0.0011.51 (1.17 to 1.94)0.00151.421
CT
 Non-TF access1.40 (1.10 to 1.80)0.00711.36 (1.05 to 1.76)0.0211.051
 Low AVCd†1.33 (1.08 to 1.65)0.00811.44 (1.15 to 1.79)0.00121.251
 ≤10 mm3 LVOT calcium1.16 (0.92 to 1.45)0.21
  • Abbreviations as in table 1.

  • *Statistically derived cut-off: SVI ≤24.9 mL/m2.

  • †Male cut-off: ≤62.45 mm3 calcium/cm2, female cut-off: ≤51.04 mm3 calcium/cm2.

  • AVCd, aortic valve calcification density; BMI, body mass index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVOT, left ventricular outflow tract; MR, mitral regurgitation; RELiEF TAVI, Risk prEdiction in patients with Low Ejection Fraction low gradient aortic stenosis undergoing TAVI; sPAP, systolic pulmonary artery pressure; SVI, stroke volume index; TAVI, transcatheter aortic valve implantation; TF, transfemoral; TR, tricuspid regurgitation.