Table 3.
Univariate and multivariable predictors of post-season cardiac and vascular indices
| Univariate Analysis | Multivariable Analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post-Season tissue-Doppler E′ Velocity* | Estimate (95% CI) | P-Value | Estimate (95% CI) | P-Value |
| Pre-TDI E′ | 0.29 (0.13, 0.45) | <0.001 | 0.31 (0.15, 0.47) | <0.001 |
| Age | −0.42 (−1.1, 0.23) | 0.21 | − | − |
| Ethnicity | −0.58 (−1.28, 0.12) | 0.10 | − | − |
| Non-Linemen vs. Linemen | −0.80 (−1.6, 0.02) | 0.06 | − | − |
| Family History Hypertension | −0.86 (−1.67, −0.05) | 0.04 | − | − |
| Height | −0.03 (−0.09, 0.03) | 0.35 | − | − |
| Post-Season Weight | −0.03 (−0.05, −0.01) | 0.001 | −0.04 (−0.07, 0) | 0.05 |
| Post-Season Systolic Blood Pressure | −0.01 (−0.04, 0.02) | 0.47 | − | − |
| Post-Season Pulse Wave Velocity | −1.03 (−1.58, −0.48) | <0.001 | −1.07 (−1.74, −0.40) | 0.002 |
| Post-Season LV Mass Index | −0.01 (−0.05, 0.02) | 0.38 | − | − |
| Post-Season Pulse Wave Velocity | Estimate (95% CI) | P-Value | Estimate (95% CI) | P-Value |
| Pre-Pulse Wave Velocity | 0.54 (0.38, 0.70) | <0.001 | 0.31 (0.15, 0.48) | <0.001 |
| Age | 0.36 (0.18, 0.53) | <0.001 | 0.24 (0.07, 0.40) | 0.01 |
| Ethnicity | −0.02 (−0.22, 0.18) | 0.84 | − | − |
| Non-Linemen vs. Linemen | 0.37 (0.14, 0.60) | 0.002 | − | − |
| Family History Hypertension | 0.20 (−0.03, 0.43) | 0.08 | − | − |
| Height | 0.04 (0.02, 0.05) | <0.001 | − | − |
| Post-Season Weight | 0.02 (0.01, 0.02) | <0.001 | 0.01 (0, 0.02) | 0.04 |
| Post-Season Systolic Blood Pressure | 0.02 (0.01, 0.03) | <0.001 | 0.01 (0.003, 0.02) | 0.007 |
| Post-Season TDI E′* | −0.08 (−0.13, −0.04) | <0.001 | −0.04 (−0.08, −0.01) | 0.02 |
| Post-Season LV Mass Index | 0.00 (−0.01, 0.01) | 0.75 | − | − |
| Post-SeasonLV Mass Index | Estimate (95% CI) | P-Value | Estimate (95% CI) | P-Value |
| Pre-LV Mass Index | 0.60 (0.47, 0.73) | <0.001 | 0.59 (0.45, 0.72) | <0.001 |
| Age | 2.49 (−0.8, 5.7) | 0.13 | − | − |
| Ethnicity | 0.35 (−3.2, 3.9) | 0.85 | − | − |
| Non-Linemen vs. Linemen | 0.91 (−3.3, 5.1) | 0.67 | − | − |
| Family History Hypertension | 0.94 (−3.2, 5.1) | 0.65 | − | − |
| Height | −0.07 (−0.37, 0.22) | 0.62 | − | − |
| Post-Season Weight | 0.04 (−0.1, 0.1) | 0.48 | − | − |
| Post-Season Systolic Blood Pressure | 0.19 (0.04, 0.35) | 0.01 | 0.18 (0.04, 0.32) | 0.01 |
| Post-Season TDI E′* | −0.36 (−1.2, 0.44) | 0.38 | − | − |
| Post-Season Pulse Wave Velocity | 0.46 (−2.5, 3.4) | 0.76 | − | − |
ASF American-style football; LV left ventricle, TDI tissue-Doppler velocity
*
Averaged E′ (cm/s) = lateral E′ velocity + septal E′ velocity / 2