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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 7.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Jun 7;9(6):10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.115.003792 e003792. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.115.003792

Table 3.

Regional differences in right ventricular longitudinal systolic strain by disease status between SSc patients and controls without cardiovascular and/or pulmonary disease.

Parameter β estimate 95% CI p-value
Scleroderma stratum
Intercept -8.5 -9.6, -7.4 <0.0001
Mid vs apex -3.9 -5.1, -2.7 <0.0001
Base vs apex -23.6 -26.3, -20.9 <0.0001
Control stratum
Intercept -17.1 -18.3, -15.8 <0.0001
Mid vs apex -3.8 -4.9, -2.8 <0.0001
Base vs apex -6.2 -8.2, -4.2 <0.0001