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. 2019 Aug 7;9:11462. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-46653-3

Table 4.

Multivariable models of Tissue Doppler velocities, including E’/A’, E/E’ and S’.

E’/A' E/E’ S'
Estimate P Estimate P Estimate P
Intercept −0.28 ± 0.14 0.05 0.09 ± 0.50 0.86 −0.59 ± 0.39 0.14
Age (years) −0.008 ± 0.008 0.27 0.04 ± 0.03 0.2 0.05 ± 0.02 0.03
Height Z-score −0.03 ± 0.03 0.35 −0.26 ± 0.10 0.008 −0.001 ± 0.08 0.98
Male sex 0.57 ± 0.16 0.0009
eGFR 0.008 ± 0.002 0.002 −0.003 ± 0.008 0.71 −0.01 ± 0.006 0.07
Systolic BP Z-score −0.07 ± 0.02 0.02
ACEi/ARB therapy 0.13 ± 0.05 0.02 −0.37 ± 0.19 0.05
E/E' −0.05 ± 0.03 0.08 −0.40 ± 0.08 <0.0001
Concentric LV hypertrophy 0.08 ± 0.06 0.18 −0.25 ± 0.16 0.13

eGFR, estimated Glomerular Filtration rate (ml/min/1.73 m2); ACE, Angiotensine converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, Angiotensine receptor blockade, E/E’ Early conventional to tissue Doppler diastolic velocity (cm/s); LV, left ventricular.