In order to determine whether the cut-off values for MIF (152.7 pg/mL) and CXCL12 (229.8 pg/mL) have any prognostic potency for mortality and heart transplantation of patients with CD and DCM, Kaplan-Meier curves were drawn using these cut-off values to divide the patients with CD and patients with DCM into two subgroups. Here, MIF is linked to familial dilated cardiomyopathy.