. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 20.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Jan 4;57(1):86–92. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.08.619

Table 3.

Multivariate Model for LVFS z-Score

Variable	Slope ± SE	p Value
ESR, mm/h	−0.009 ± 0.003	0.007

WBC (10³/mm³) × visit		0.033
Week 0	0.016 ± 0.03	0.561
Week 1	0.079 ± 0.04	0.047
Week 5	0.11 ± 0.06	0.048

Albumin (g/dl) × visit		0.008
Week 0	0.51 ± 0.23	0.028
Week 1	−0.47 ± 0.34	0.172
Week 5	−0.66 ± 0.42	0.117

The model is based on analysis of 507 echocardiograms from 3 time points (visits). Due to the presence of interactions between laboratory parameters and visit, main effect estimates for these terms in the model are not shown.

LVFS = left ventricular fractional shortening.