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. 2020 May 24;21:127. doi: 10.1186/s12931-020-01393-1

Table 3.

Cox regression of baseline values in uni- and multivariate (*) analysis

Baseline values Whole cohort PAH PAH with comorbidities
Cox regression n Cox regression n Cox regression n
p-value p-value p-value
Survival
 6MWD < 0.0001 137 0.006 65 0.052 42
 NT-proBNP 0.006 102 0.011 63 0.356 37
 WHO-FC 0.005* 121 0.001* 74 0.403 46
 RA area 0.254 133 0.991 82 0.472 49
 RV area 0.778 135 0.631 84 0.505 49
 TAPSE 0.006 137 0.033 86 0.220 49
 LV-EI 0.613 111 0.896 72 0.282 38
 RV pump function < 0.0001 109 < 0.0001 85 0.499 49
Time to clinical worsening
 6MWD < 0.0001* 109 0.02 65 0.047* 44
 NT-proBNP 0.024 102 0.07 63 0.485 39
 WHO-FC 0.001 122 < 0.0001* 74 0.346 48
 RA area 0.002 133 0.067 82 0.074 51
 RV area 0.017 135 0.073 84 0.342 51
 TAPSE 0.049 137 0.071 86 0.679 51
 LV-EI 0.096 111 0.398 72 0.065 39
 RV pump function < 0.0001* 135 < 0.0001 84 0.344 51

6MWD 6-min walking distance, NT-proBNP: n-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide, WHO-FC World Health Organization Functional Class, RA right atrial, RV right ventricular, TAPSE tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, LV-EI left ventricular eccentricity index. Parameters that were used for multivariate analysis are written in bold. *Denotes significant parameters in multivariate analysis