Table 4.

Multivariate regression models for GLS: assessing the independent contribution of aortic stiffness

	Model R2	#Â coefficient (95 % CI)	p
1: Unadjusted PWV	0.06	2.9(0.72,5.04)	0.009
2: 1+ traditional risk factors*	0.26	3.2(0.57,5.81)	0.01
3: 2+ CKD-related risk factors**	0.30	3.34(0.54,6.15)	0.02
4: 3+ echo parameters***	0.44	2.3(0.48,4.06)	0.01

*Traditional risk factors include age, gender, diabetes, heart failure, BMI, systolic BP, diastolic BP, inducible ischemia

**CKD related risk factors include eGFR, CRP, free IS, free PCS, corrected calcium

***Echocardiogram parameters: EF, E/e’, LVMI

^#The coefficient notes the per unit change in GLS, PWV; pulse wave velocity, CKD; chronic kidney disease, CI; confidence interval