Table 5.
Variables associated with major cardiac events (MACE) by univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis.
| Variables | MACE (N = 54) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| HR (95% CI) | P value | ||
| Univariate Cox Regression Analysis | |||
| TCRT | Continuous | 1.007 (1.000–1.014) | 0.048 |
| >100° | 2.322 (1.328–4.061) | 0.008 | |
| PWV | 1.133 (1.019–1.260) | 0.021 | |
| GLS | 1.115 (1.040–1.196) | 0.002 | |
| BNP | 1.001 (1.000–1.001) | 0.011 | |
| Prevalent CAD | 2.245 (1.280–3.939) | 0.005 | |
| Multivariate Cox Regression Analysis model 1 1 | |||
| TCRT > 100° | 1.902 (1.046–3.459) | 0.035 | |
| PWV | 1.141 (1.021–1.276) | 0.020 | |
| Multivariate Cox Regression Analysis model 2 2 | |||
| PWV | 1.159 (1.028–1.306) | 0.016 | |
| Prevalent CAD | 1.955 (1.023–1.306) | 0.043 | |
BNP, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide; CAD, history of coronary artery disease; CI, confidence interval; GLS, global longitudinal strain; PWV, pulse wave velocity; HR, hazard ratio; TCRT, total cosine of R to T dichotomized at 100° 1Multivariate Cox regression model not including GLS. 2Multivariate Cox regression model not including TCRT.