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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Jul 15;13(7):e011000. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.120.011000

Table 3.

Association of elevated ECV, diabetes mellitus, and composite events

Variable Univariate p-value Multivariate p-value
HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)

Diabetes Status

 Non-diabetic (reference) (reference)

 Prediabetic 2.05 (1.08, 3.87) 0.03 2.00 (1.04, 3.85) 0.04

 Diabetic 4.48 (2.61, 7.68) <0.001 2.74 (1.49, 5.04) 0.001

History of Dyslipidemia 1.16 (0.72, 1.87) 0.55 0.88 (0.53, 1.45) 0.61

ARIC HF risk score* 1.03 (1.02, 1.04) <0.001 1.02 (1.01, 1.03) 0.01

LVEF (%)* 1.01 (0.99, 1.04) 0.30 1.02 (0.99, 1.04) 0.23

ECV >30% 3.70 (2.23, 6.15) <0.001 3.31 (1.93, 5.67) <0.001

Scar (%)* 1.03 (0.93, 1.15) 0.56 1.03 (0.91, 1.16) 0.67
*

As a continuous variable (%), median (IQR); Age used as the continuous variable in the ARIC HF risk score

HR = hazard ratio; CI= confidence interval; ARIC = Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities; HF = heart failure; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; ECV = extracellular volume