Table 2.

Multivariate regression analysis of the association between left ventricular diastolic functional parameters and the gout study groups (n = 173)

Variable	Unadjusteda		Model 1b
	ß	P	ß	p
E/A
Gout	−0.01	0.894	0.077	0.237
Em (cm/s)
Gout	−0.282	<0.001	−0.208	0.002
Am (cm/s)
Gout	0.062	0.414	−0.019	0.815
Em/Am
Gout	−0.257	0.001	−0.163	0.016
E/Em
Gout	0.214	0.005	0.172	0.02
Maximal LAVi (mL/m2)
Gout	0.35	<0.001	0.294	<0.001

^aIncluding gout. ^bAdjusted for age, sex, uric acid, creatinine, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and smoking. A late diastolic peak transmitral flow velocity, Am peak late diastolic annular velocity, E early diastolic peak transmitral flow velocity, Em peak early diastolic mitral annular velocity, LAVi left atrial volume index