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. 2018 Dec 7;9:1774. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01774

Table 3.

Factors associated with DC in controls and patients with DCM.

Indices Controls (N = 202)
DCM patients (N = 100)
B 95% CI P B 95% CI P
Males (N = 85)
Males (N = 65)
Univariate linear logistic regression
Age, years -0.054 -0.090 ∼-0.018 0.003 / / /
LAD, mm / / / -0.102 -0.154 ∼-0.051 <0.001
LVEDD, mm / / / / / /
LVESD, mm -0.063 -0.133 ∼ 0.007 0.078 -0.058 -0.112 ∼– 0.004 0.036
LVEF, % 7.063 1.587 ∼ 12.539 0.012 13.342 5.965 ∼ 20.720 0.001
Multivariable linear logistic regression
Age, years -0.047 -0.082 ∼-0.011 0.012 / / /
LAD, mm / / / -0.075 -0.130 ∼-0.020 0.008
LVEDD, mm / / / / / /
LVESD, mm / / / / / /
LVEF, % / / / 8.428 0.194 ∼ 16.662 0.045
Females (N = 117)
Females (N = 35)
Univariate linear logistic regression
Age, years -0.035 -0.055 ∼-0.015 0.001 / / /
LAD, mm / / / / / /
LVEDD, mm / / / / / /
LVESD, mm / / / / / /
LVEF, % / / / / / /

B: this is a coefficient indicating a one-unit increase in an independent variable.