. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Aug;8(8):e003520. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.115.003520

Table 5.

Cox proportional hazards regression with death as a competing risk showing the risk of incident AF in different GLS and LAVi categories.

	Univariate		Multivariate^†
	HR (95% CI)	P value	HR (95% CI)	P value
Normal GLS / Normal LAVi	Reference	-	Reference	-
Abnormal GLS / Normal LAVi	4.4 (1.7-11.0)	0.002	3.3 (1.2-9.1)	0.020
Normal GLS / Abnormal LAVi	6.6 (2.6-17.3)	<0.001	4.0 (1.5-10.5)	0.005
Abnormal GLS / Abnormal LAVi	17.6 (5.4-57.5)	<0.001	12.1 (3.3-44.8)	<0.001

^†

Covariates: LVEF, diastolic dysfunction, age, obesity, hypertension, anti-hypertensive treatment, coronary artery disease, LV mass index, relative wall thickness.

HR: Hazard ratio. CI: Confidence interval. GLS: Global longitudinal strain. LAVi: Left atrial volume index.