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. 2017 Nov 2;23:21. doi: 10.1186/s40885-017-0078-9

Table 4.

Determinants for myocardial mechanical function

β t p-value
LV GLS endocardium (R2 = 0.327)
 Age −0.170 −1.48 0.142
 Female gender −0.112 −1.22 0.225
 Body mass index 0.046 0.49 0.626
 Diabetes mellitus 0.062 0.66 0.511
 Peripheral SBP 0.024 0.26 0.795
 LV ejection fraction −0.419 −4.44 <0.001
 LV mass index −0.001 −0.01 0.995
 Use of RAAS blocker 0.158 1.76 0.082
 PWV 0.223 2.19 0.031
LV GCS endocardium (R2 = 0.164)
 Age 0.190 1.21 0.231
 Female gender −0.130 −1.06 0.294
 Body mass index 0.076 0.63 0.534
 Diabetes mellitus 0.108 0.87 0.385
 Peripheral SBP 0.004 0.04 0.970
 LV ejection fraction −0.293 −2.35 0.022
 LV mass index −0.015 −0.13 0.896
 Use of RAAS blocker −0.091 −0.76 0.448
 Log Aldosterone 0.201 1.61 0.112
LA GLS (R2 = 0.361)
 Age −0.118 −1.05 0.297
 Female gender −0.096 −1.06 0.292
 Body mass index −0.179 −1.94 0.055
 Diabetes mellitus −0.158 −1.70 0.092
 Peripheral SBP −0.044 −0.50 0.622
 LV ejection fraction 0.218 2.35 0.021
 LV mass index −0.065 −0.74 0.461
 Use of RAAS blocker −0.318 −3.59 0.001
 PWV −0.311 −3.12 0.002

SBP systolic blood pressure, LV left ventricle, RAAS renin angiotensin aldosterone system, PWV pulse wave velocity