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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Jan 17;11(10):1419–1429. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2017.10.024

Table 2.

Multivariable models of mortality with GLS adjusted to univariate clinical and imaging predictors (at p≤0.20) for the entire population.

VARIABLES Univariable Multivariable Using LGE extent Multivariable Using LGE presence
Hazard Ratio (95% CI) P Value Hazard Ratio (95% CI) P Value Hazard Ratio (95% CI) P Value
Age 1.026 (1.014-1.038) <0.001 1.014 (1.002-1.027) 0.048 1.013 (1.001-1.026) 0.049
BMI 1.010 (0.998-1.022) 0.190 1.000 (0.990-1.009) 0.954 1.000 (0.990-1.010) 0.994
Diabetes 1.771 (1.255-2.499) 0.001 1.574 (1.075-2.304) 0.020 1.574 (1.074-2.308) 0.020
Hyperlipidemia 1.210 (0.859-1.719) 0.160 0.772 (0.512-1.164) 0.217 0.759 (0.502-1.147) 0.191
Hypertension 1.194 (0.885-1.737) 0.192 0.905 (0.599-1.367) 0.636 0.886 (0.585-1.342) 0.567
LVEDV index 1.012 (1.001-1.022) 0.049 0.999 (0.995-1.003) 0.623 0.999 (0.995-1.003) 0.578
GLS 1.347 (1.285-1.411) <0.001 1.891 (1.546-2.313) <0.001 1.890 (1.547-2.308) <0.001
LGE present 2.253 (1.493-3.401) <0.001 - - 1.342 (0.872-2.065) 0.182
LGE extent 1.030 (1.014-1.045) <0.001 1.007 (0.990-1.024) 0.430 - -
LVEF 0.980 (0.964-0.997) 0.022 1.005 (0.969-1.043) 0.765 1.005 (0.969-1.042) 0.787

BMI=Body Mass Index, GLS=Global Longitudinal Strain, LGE=Late Gadolinium Enhancement, LVEDV =Left Ventricular End Diastolic Volume Index, LVEF=Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction.