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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 4.

Multivariable models of mortality with GLS adjusted to univariate clinical and imaging predictors (at p≤0.20) for patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy.

VARIABLES	Univariable		Multivariable Using LGE extent		Multivariable Using LGE presence
VARIABLES	Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	P Value	Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	P Value	Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	P Value
Age	1.024 (1.008-1.041)	0.004	1.003 (0.985-1.022)	0.717	1.002 (0.984-1.021)	0.791
Diabetes	1.779 (0.996-3.175)	0.061	1.107 (0.588-2.086)	0.752	0.955 (0.510-1.789)	0.885
LVEDV index	1.012 (1.002-1.022)	0.048	0.998 (0.993-1.003)	0.376	0.997 (0.992-1.002)	0.283
GLS	1.402 (1.299-1.513)	<0.001	2.101 (1.546-2.854)	<0.001	2.135 (1.564-2.913)	<0.001
LGE present	2.514 (1.249-3.715)	0.007	-	-	1.914 (1.092-3.355)	0.023
LGE extent	1.057 (1.030-1.085)	<0.001	1.044 (1.015-1.073)	0.002	-	-
LVEF	0.978 (0.958-0.997)	0.020	0.981 (0.927-1.039)	0.511	0.981 (0.926-1.040)	0.525

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