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. 2015 Jul 18;16:106. doi: 10.1186/s12882-015-0098-1

Table 3.

Bivariate and Multivariate association with Global Longitudinal Strain

Variable Bivariate Analysis Multivariate Model (R2 = 0.30, n = 114 p < 0.0001)
r p #Â coefficient (95 % CI) p
Traditional risk factors
Age (years) 0.01 0.9 −0.06(−0.13,0.01) 0.1
Gender (Male) 0.15 0.09 0.92(−0.23,2.07) 0.1
Smoking history 0.0004 0.99
Hypertension −0.09 0.3
Diabetes 0.21 0.01
Hypercholesterolemia 0.06 0.47
Previous CV events 0.07 0.43
HF 0.2 0.01
BMI (kg/m2) 0.28 <0.001 0.1(0.02,0.2) 0.02
Peripheral systolic BP (mmHg) 0.08 0.3 −0.28(−0.07,0.01) 0.1
Peripheral diastolic BP (mmHg) 0.14 0.1 0.06(−0.002, −0.13) 0.06
Fasting glucose (mmol/L) 0.1 0.2
Inducible ischemia on ESE (%) 0.14 0.1 2.05(−0.03,4.12) 0.05
CKD- related risk factors
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2) 0.04 0.6
Urine PCR (g/mol)^ 0.08 0.4
CRP (mg/L)^ 0.16 0.07
Albumin (g/L) 0.01 0.9
Calcium (mmol/L) −0.13 0.2 −4.8(−9.6,0.06) 0.05
Phosphate (mmol/L) 0.09 0.3
PTH (pmol/L)^ 0.1 0.3
Urate (mmol/L) −0.1 0.9
Hemoglobin (g/L) 0.03 0.7
Free ICS (μmol/L)^ 0.24 0.005 0.9(0.07,1.68) 0.03
Free PCS (μmol/L)^ 0.23 0.007
PWV (m/s)^ 0.24 0.009 3.29(0.53,6.03) 0.02

CI; confidence interval, HF; heart failure, BMI; body mass index, BP; blood pressure; CKD; chronic kidney disease, eGFR; estimated glomerular filtration rate, ESE; exercise stress echocardiogram,  PCR; protein-to-creatinine ratio, CRP; C-reactive protein, PTH; parathyroid hormone, ICS; indoxyl sulphate, PCS; p-cresyl sulphate; PWV pulse wave velocity

^log transformed

#The coefficient notes the per unit change in GLS