Table 3.

Univariate and multivariate Pearson’s correlation analyses of plasma IL18, MMP-22 and -29 and Gensini score and echocardiographic parameters

Variable	Correlation analysis	ln(IL18)		ln(MMP-22)		ln(MMP-29)
		r	P	r	P	r	P
Gensini score	Univariate	0.214	0.045	0.273	0.006	0.177	0.078
	Multivariate*	0.246	0.031	0.286	0.012	0.178	0.121
LVEDV	Univariate	−0.097	0.186	−0.068	0.325	0.031	0.666
	Multivariate*	−0.090	0.249	−0.063	0.416	0.009	0.911
LVESV	Univariate	−0.073	0.321	−0.110	0.109	0.037	0.602
	Multivariate*	−0.054	0.491	−0.080	0.307	0.060	0.440
LVEF	Univariate	0.024	0.742	0.085	0.214	−0.019	0.784
	Multivariate*	−0.002	0.978	0.014	0.862	−0.051	0.515

LVEDV, left ventricular end-diastolic volume; LVESV, left ventricular end-systolic volume; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction. ^* Adjusted for smoking, diabetes, hypertension, age, and sex