Table 4.

Results of the multivariable linear regression to assess the independent correlates of the square root-Δ%PV

	SD	SC-β	95% CI for SC-β	P-value	VIF
CAV area (Model F ratio = 6.504, P = 0.003)
%VV	0.93	0.657	0.319 to 1.194	0.003	1.554
Years after HTX	3.57	0.332	−0.071 to 0.843	0.092	1.679
Patient age	12.20	0.086	−0.281 to 0.488	0.585	1.202
Donor age	10.72	0.212	−0.151 to 0.654	0.211	1.314
Body mass index	4.51	−0.033	−0.469 to 0.392	0.849	1.490
Ischaemic time	33.61	0.141	−0.202 to 0.538	0.362	1.125
Vasa vasorum area (Model F ratio = 3.812, P = 0.021)
%VV	0.93	0.597	0.160 to 0.969	0.010	1.406
Years after HTX	3.57	0.241	−0.214 to 0.693	0.275	1.607
Patient age	12.20	0.074	−0.317 to 0.464	0.685	1.156
Donor age	10.72	0.224	−0.182 to 0.622	0.254	1.264
Body mass index	4.51	0.077	−0.347 to 0.541	0.706	1.412
Ischaemic time	33.61	0.182	−0.202 to 0.571	0.316	1.092

CAV, cardiac allograft vasculopathy; CI, confidence interval; HTX, heart transplantation; %VV, per cent vasa vasorum volume; SD, sample standard deviation; Δ%PV, delta per cent plaque volume; SC-β, standardized coefficients β; VIF, variance inflation factor.