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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 17.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2011 May 2;123(19):2101–2110. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.979740

Table 2.

Significant Individual and Multivariable Covariates of logGDF-15 Levels

Individual Multivariable*
Variable r p β p
Demographics
      Age 0.54 <0.0001 0.33 <0.0001
      Male Sex 0.10 0.0001 0.09 0.011
Vital Signs
      SBP 0.26 <0.0001
      DBP −0.06 0.03
Cardiovascular Risk Factors
      Hypertension 0.21 <0.0001
      Current Smoking 0.06 0.033 0.10 <0.0001
      Diabetes 0.13 <0.0001 0.07 0.001
Nutrition and Activity
      Waist-Hip Ratio 0.16 <0.0001 0.07 0.041
Laboratory Values
      log NT-proBNP 0.39 <0.0001 0.14 <0.0001
      log CRP 0.14 0.0001 0.06 0.007
      log Fasting Glucose 0.10 0.0001
      log BUN 0.31 <0.0001 0.07 0.004
      log CrCl −0.42 <0.0001 −0.16 <0.0001
      log Total Cholesterol −0.16 <0.0001
      log HDL −0.08 0.002 −0.09 0.0006
      log LDL −0.14 <0.0001 −0.09 <0.0001

Abbreviations as in Table 1.

*

R2 = 0.38, β = standardized regression coefficient.