Table 3.

Target variable: capacity difference from baseline from the end of surgery time point (reference category of time measurement). SAVR is used as the reference category for the surgery method. ^∗p < 0.05.

Linear mixed model for capacity difference to baseline
	Estimate	SD (Estimate)	Num DF/Den DF	F-value	p-value
Intercept	-1.1308	0.1145	86.4	-9.88	<.0001∗
Baseline log. capacity	0.3893	0.05237	61.8	7.43	<.0001∗
Surgery Method (TAVR)	0.6163	0.1672	55.7	3.69	0.0005∗
Gender (female)	-0.06455	0.06559	51.8	-0.98	0.3296
Time Point (overall)	-0.4339	0.06493	63.2	-6.68	<.0.0001∗
Baseline (Capacity) by Surgery Method Interaction   (Baseline∗TAVR)	0.2444	0.07787	56.7	3.14	0.0027∗