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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Electrocardiol. 2009 Dec 9;43(3):209–214. doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.10.002

Table 3.

Odds ratios and 95% Confidence interval (OR: 95% CI) of ECG-LVH in the 7-Lead and 12-Lead ECG groups in a multivariable logistic regression analysis

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Joint Age-Race-Sex Model Impact of Age-Race-Sex adjusted Individual
Risk Factors
Full Multivariable Model
(Age+ race+ sex+ BMI+ Hypertension +diabetes)
(age+ race + sex) + BMI or Hypertension or
Diabetes

7-Lead ECG 12-Lead ECG P* 7-Lead ECG 12-Lead ECG P* 7-Lead ECG 12-Lead ECG P*

Age (10-
years)
1.50
(1.42 – 1.59)
1.48
(1.40 – 1.57)
0.46 N/A N/A N/A 1.37
(1.27 – 1.47)
1.38
(1.30 – 1.47)
0.83

African
American
2.84
(2.37 – 3.94)
2.49
(2.19 – 2.83)
0.24 N/A N/A N/A 2.42
(2.00 – 2.93)
2.02
(1.76 – 2.32)
0.13

Male Sex 3.88
(3.25 – 4.65)
2.21
(1.90 – 2.57)
<0.0001 N/A N/A N/A 3.86
(3.20 – 4.65)
2.27
(1.94 – 2.65)
<0.0001

Body mass
index (BMI)
Kg/m2
N/A N/A N/A 1.007
(0.995 – 1.019)
1.001
(0.991 – 1.010)
0.35 0.993
(0.980 – 1.006)
0.986
(0.976 – 0.996)
0.37

Hypertension N/A N/A N/A 2.47
(1.98 – 3.07)
2.57
(2.19 – 3.04)
0.75 2.51
(1.99 – 3.15)
2.63
(2.21 – 3.12)
0.74

Diabetes N/A N/A N/A 1.28
(1.06 – 1.54)
1.44
(1.24 – 1.66)
0.33 1.13
(0.93 – 1.38)
1.32
(1.14 – 1.53)
0.23
*

P value for comparison of the odds ratios in the 7-Lead group vs. the 12-lead group