. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2010 Jun;159(6):1081–1088. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.02.024

Table 4.

Multivariate linear regression assessing the association between LV filling pressure (E/Em) and pulsatile load parameters.

	Pulsatile Load Paramaters
	cPP**			cSBP**

Variable	Beta Coeff.	p-value^*	partial r²	Beta Coeff.	p-value^*	partial r²

BMI	0.28	<0.001	0.07	0.27	<0.001	0.05
Age	0.17	0.008	0.02	0.27	<0.001	0.05
Male	-	-	-	−0.14	0.006	0.02
*Hemodynamic Load* *Parameter***	*0.35*	<*0.001*⁺	*0.23*	*0.20*	<*0.001*⁺	*0.17*

Each hemodynamic load parameter was entered individually into a multivariate linear regression that included the following covariates: age, sex, BMI, creatinine, LV mass index, history of diabetes, smoking, and hypertension.

P-value adjusted for multiple comparisons using a Bonferroni method.