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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Card Fail. 2011 Mar 26;17(6):472–478. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.02.003

Table 3.

Univariate Correlations between Systemic NGAL Levels and Echocardiographic Characteristics for Chronic HF (n=130) and Acute HF (n=69) Cohorts.

Chronic HF
(n=130)		 Acute HF
(n=69)
Variable r p r p
LV Structure:
 LV mass index (g/m2) 0.00 0.994 0.06 0.657
 LVEDVi (mL/m2) −0.01 0.938 0.02 0.873
LV Systolic Function:
 LVEF (%) 0.04 0.705 0.02 0.895
LV Diastolic Function:
 Mitral E/A 0.17 0.061 −0.02 0.891
 Mitral DT (ms) −0.12 0.203 0.26 0.034
 Pulmonary vein S/D −0.17 0.060 −0.22 0.123
 Mitral E/Ea 0.27 0.002 0.14 0.265
 LAVi (mL/m2) 0.25 0.011 0.19 0.115
RV Systolic Function:
 RV S wave −0.16 0.068 −0.09 0.452
RV Diastolic Function:
 Tricuspid E/A 0.12 0.205 −0.12 0.406
 Tricuspid DT (ms) −0.04 0.695 0.08 0.671
 Hepatic vein S/D −0.28 0.009 −0.45 0.029
 Tricuspid E/Ea 0.20 0.029 0.26 0.041
 RAVi (mL/m2) 0.14 0.135 0.12 0.338

Abbreviations: LV, left ventricular; LVEDVi, left ventricular end-diastolic volume index; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; DT, deceleration time; LAVi, left atrial volume index; RV, right ventricular; RAVi, right atrial volume index; HF, heart failure.