After forward step-wise multivariate analyses, variables for inclusion in the multivariate analyses were age, diabetes, heart rate, SO-to-FMC, the HAS-BLED and ORBIT scores, NT-proBNP level, serum creatinine level, troponin I level, LVDD, LVESD, PCI treatment, systolic blood pressure, ACEI or ARB (%), Beta-blockers (%), and LVEF. This evidence concerns the gene NPPB and diabetes mellitus.