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

Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010 May 4;3(4):392–397. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.109.912071

Table 2.

The relationship of LV mass to MI and cardiac death.

Model	Univariate		Multivariate
Model	HR(95%CI)	p Value	HR(95%CI)	p-value
LVH (g/m²)^*	2.59(1.51-4.43)	<0.001	1.99(1.13-3.50)	0.02
LVEF < 40%	3.20(1.78-5.76)	<0.001	1.90(0.98-3.69)	0.06
Inducible ischemia	2.44(1.47-4.05)	<0.001	1.87(1.06-3.31)	0.03
Age ≥ 65 years	1.53(0.91-2.57)	0.10	1.56(0.90-2.71)	0.12
Male gender	1.36(0.81-2.28)	0.24	0.85(0.48-1.50)	0.57
BMI	0.97(0.94-1.01)	0.16	0.98(0.93-1.02)	0.28
Prior Q-wave MI	2.95(1.76-4.93)	<0.001	2.72(1.59-4.66)	<0.001
Hypercholesterolemia	1.01(0.60-1.67)	0.98	1.04(0.61-1.76)	0.89
Hypertension	1.36(0.76-2.43)	0.30	1.28(0.68-2.40)	0.45
Diabetes mellitus	1.30(0.78-2.18)	0.31	0.86(0.49-1.51)	0.60
Smoking	1.49(0.90-2.47)	0.12	1.35(0.79-2.33)	0.27

Abbreviations: BMI= Body mass index; LVH = Left ventricular hypertrophy; LVEF= Left ventricular ejection fraction; MI= Myocardial infarction; and MRI=Magnetic resonance imaging.

LVH defined as LV mass index >96 g/m² and 77 g/m² in men and women, respectively.