Table 3. Logistic regression analysis for fibrosis presence.

	Univariate analysis OR (95%CI); p value	Multivariate analysis OR (95%CI); p value
Age	1.03 (0.99–1.08); p = 0.105	1.21 (1.15–3.08); p = 0.523
Gender, male	1.15 (0.04–3.09); p = 0.770
Hypertension	1.28 (0.52–3.13); p = 0.580
Diabetes mellitus	1.12 (0.53–2.81); p = 0.622
Previous cardiac disease	2.44 (0.96–6.19); p = 0.059	4.37 (1.16–16.41); p = 0.029
Left atrial volume	0.99 (0.95–1.04); p = 0.949
Septum thickness	16.85 (2.01–136.36); p = 0.008	8.23 (0.30–233.0); p = 0.211
Dyslipidaemia	1.58 (0.66–3.76); p = 0.295
Smoking habit	1.03 (0.38–2.79); p = 0.947
NYHA scale	2.05 (1.09–3.83); p = 0.024	2.93 (1.26–6.85); p = 0.013
CrCl	0.98 (0.96–1.00); p = 0.062	0.99 (0.97–1.01); p = 0.689
Galectin-3 >13.65 ng/mL	3.33 (1.26–8.76); p = 0.015	3.29 (1.07–10.11); p = 0.037

NYHA: New York Heart association functional class CrCl: Creatinine clearance.