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Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2008 Apr 15;85(7):963–968. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181684319

TABLE 4.

Univariate predictors of changes in PV and %PV, assessed by 3D IVUS

	Univariate predictors of changes in plaque volume (Δ PV/SL)		Univariate predictors of changes in percent plaque volume (Δ %PV)
	β (95% CI)	P^a	β (95% CI)	P^a
Age	0.025 (−0.007–0.058)	0.12	0.18 (−0.007–0.368)	0.06
Male gender	1.37 (0.204–2.527)	0.02	6.96 (0.083–13.843)	0.05
Donor age	0.05 (0.009–0.092)	0.02	0.25 (0.007–0.499)	0.04
Time after transplant	0.09 (−0.069–0.257)	0.25	1.2 (0.299–2.130)	0.01
Indication for transplant-ischemic CMP	0.64 (−0.433–1.708)	0.06	4.7 (−1.589–10.950)	0.14
BMI	0.1 (0.039–0.177)	0.003	0.37 (−0.056–0.796)	0.09
History of rejection	0.845 (−0.208–1.897)	0.11	4.407 (−1.925–10.740)	0.17
Triglycerides	0.008 (0.003–0.013)	0.004	0.05 (0.020–0.082)	0.002
HDL cholesterol	−0.04 (−0.069–−0.030)	0.03	−0.24 (−0.406–−0.017)	0.03
LDL cholesterol	−0.001 (−0.018–0.015)	0.89	0.009 (−0.089–0.108)	0.85
IDL cholesterol	0.06 (0.017–0.100)	0.007	0.17 (−0.086–0.423)	0.19
Log-LDL particle size	−20.8 (−36.944–−4.649)	0.01	−77.9 (−175.662–19.825)	0.12
Lp-PLA2	0.005 (0.0020–0.0088)	0.0026	0.0004 (0.0002–0.0007)	0.0004
Log-CRP	0.02 (−0.393–0.426)	0.94	0.58 (−1.817–−2.971)	0.63

The regression coefficient (β) together with 95% confidence interval (CI) and P-values are based on univariate analysis using IVUS parameters as the dependent variable.

PV/SL, plaque volume/segment length.