Table II.

Individual and multivariable covariates of logGal-3 levels

	Individual		Multivariable*
Variable	r	P	β	P
Demographics
Age	0.18	<.001
Female Sex	0.12	<.001	0.06	.02
Vital signs
Heart rate	0.06	.02	0.07	.009
SBP	0.11	<.001
DBP	–0.01	NS
Cardiovascular risk factors
Hypertension	0.09	<.01
Current smoking	0.01	NS
Diabetes	–0.001	NS
Nutrition and activity
Waist-hip ratio	–0.07	<.01
BMI	0.01	NS
Exercise 3×/wk	–0.01	NS
Alcohol 3+ drinks/wk	–0.09	<.001	–0.08	.003
Medications
Aspirin	–0.01	NS
Lipid lowering	0.001	NS
Laboratory values
GFR	–0.20	<.001	–0.15	<.001
Log fasting glucose	–0.04	NS
Log triglycerides	–0.01	NS
Log total cholesterol	–0.02	NS
Log HDL	0.03	NS
Log LDL	–0.04	NS
Log NT-proBNP	0.19	<.001	0.13	<.001

Abbreviations: SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; NS, not significant. β, standardized regression coefficient.

^*R² = 0.08.