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. 2016 Mar 15;5(3):e002615. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002615

Table 2.

Univariate Analyses of the Associations of Subject Demographics, Past Medical History and Medication Use With UTXB2 (Normalized by Natural Log Transformation of pg/mg Creatinine)

Characteristic Standardized Coefficienta P Value
Female sex 0.225 <0.001
Age, y 0.203 0.001
White race (versus nonwhite) −0.188 0.006
Obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) −0.101 0.093
Medical history
Hypertension −0.031 0.579
Dyslipidemia −0.141 0.030
Diabetes 0.110 0.091
Current tobacco use 0.155 0.011
Former tobacco use 0.097 0.111
Myocardial infarction 0.052 0.394
Percutaneous coronary intervention −0.054 0.272
Congestive heart failure 0.140 0.015
Cerebrovascular disease 0.044 0.524
Deep venous thrombosis/pulmonary embolus −0.027 0.436
Peripheral vascular disease 0.167 0.010
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 0.139 0.016
Atrial fibrillation 0.038 0.581
Preoperative LVEF: <30% vs 30–50% −0.110 0.360
Preoperative LVEF: <30% vs ≥50% −0.148 0.211
Left ventricular ejection fraction (%) −0.157 0.011
Euroscore: 0–2 vs 3–5 0.227 0.001
Euroscore: 0–2 vs ≥6 0.281 <0.001
CABG urgency: elective vs urgent or emergent 0.044 0.501
Medications
Aspirin dose (81 mg vs higher) −0.187 0.003
Oral anticoagulation 0.124 0.088
β‐Blocker −0.096 0.112
Angiotensin II receptor blocker −0.046 0.488
Angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitor −0.029 0.636
Lipid therapy −0.195 0.001
Diuretic 0.046 0.457
Insulin 0.020 0.726
Insulin sensitizer −0.004 0.954
Insulin secretagogue 0.064 0.346

BMI indicates body mass index; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft surgery; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; UTXB2, urinary thromboxane B2.

a

Coefficients are standardized to 1 SD of the predictor. Huber–White sandwich estimates were used to produce robust estimates of variance.