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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2009 Jul 6;54(3):558–566. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.131870

Table 4.

Relations of Hemodynamic Indices to Body Surface Area in the reference sample before and after allometric indexation and ratiometric indexation.

Hemodynamic Index Association, Non-
indexed Parameters
P value for
BSA*Gender
Residual Association,
Allometric Indices *
Residual Association,
Ratiometric Indices *
R P value Interaction R P value R P value
Stroke Volume, mL 0.57 <0.0001 0.89 0.007 0.86 0.05 0.23
Cardiac Output, mL/min 0.40 <0.0001 0.51 0.006 0.89 −0.009 0.82
Heart Rate, bpm 0.26 <0.0001 0.48 −0.002 0.94 −0.35 <0.0001
SVR, dyn·s/cm5 0.37 <0.0001 0.50 0.01 0.69 0.04 0.32
Aortic Zc, mmHg·s/mL 0.30 <0.0001 0.29 0.005 0.85 0.09 0.02
Total Arterial Compliance, mmHg/mL 0.48 <0.0001 0.28 0.002 0.95 0.02 0.70
Stroke Volume /Pulse Pressure, mmHg/mL 0.43 <0.0001 0.23 0.004 0.92 −0.02 0.61
Ea, mmHg/mL 0.51 <0.0001 0.89 0.012 0.76 −0.04 0.28
Ees, mmHg/mL 0.51 <0.0001 0.80 −0.002 0.96 −0.02 0.72
Central Augmentation Index. % 0.39 <0.0001 0.95 −0.007 0.86 0.23 <0.0001
Time to Inflection Point, sec 0.49 <0.0001 0.16 −0.005 0.89 0.24 <0.0001
*

Gender-independent linear correlation between body surface area-normalized variables and body surface area

From log-log models