Table 2.

Clinical correlates of sST2.

Covariates included in the modela	Regression coefficientb	SE	P
General sample
All
Female sex	−0.206	0.013	<0.001
Age, per 10 years	0.027	0.007	<0.001
BMI, per 5.2 kg/m2	0.011	0.007	0.09
Systolic blood pressure, per 19 mmHg	0.019	0.007	0.006
Use of antihypertensives	0.032	0.017	0.03
Diabetes	0.104	0.020	<0.001
Men
Age, per 10 years	0.010	0.010	0.35
BMI, per 5.7 kg/m2	−0.015	0.011	0.20
Systolic blood pressure, per 21 mmHg	0.031	0.011	0.005
Use of antihypertensives	0.024	0.022	0.27
Diabetes	0.121	0.030	<0.001
Women
Age, per 10 year	0.042	0.009	<0.001
BMI, per 4.4 kg/m2	0.024	0.008	0.002
Systolic blood pressure, per 17.0 mmHg	0.009	0.009	0.31
Use of antihypertensives	0.043	0.020	0.03
Diabetes	0.091	0.029	0.002
Reference sample
All
Female sex	−0.233	0.038	<0.001
Age, per 8.9 years	0.029	0.010	0.006
BMI, per 2.8 kg/m2	−0.020	0.011	0.07
Men
Age, per 8.9 years	0.029	0.016	0.07
BMI, per 2.4 kg/m2	−0.023	0.019	0.22
Women
Age, per 9 years	0.026	0.014	0.06
BMI, per 2.8 kg/m2	−0.019	0.013	0.15

^aFor the reference sample, covariates in the model included age, sex, BMI, systolic blood pressure, smoking status, and total and HDL cholesterol. For the general sample, covariates in the model included age, sex, BMI, systolic blood pressure, use of an antihypertensive medication, smoking status, total and HDL cholesterol, LV hypertrophy (by ECG), diabetes, and atrial fibrillation.

^bRegression coefficients represent expected increment in log(sST2) for presence vs absence (or 1 SD increment) of the categorical (or continuous) covariates shown.