Table 4.

Univariate linear regression analysis between cardiac troponin I* and vascular risk factors/echocardiographic parameters.

	β (95% CI)	P-value
Age	0.004 (− 0.003 to 0.012)	0.216
Sex	− 0.106 (− 0.240 to 0.028)	0.120
Body mass index	− 0.034 (− 0.055 to − 0.013)	0.002
Hypertension	0.022 (− 0.121 to 0.165)	0.764
Diabetes	0.042 (− 0.114 to 0.198)	0.595
Hyperlipidemia	− 0.029 (− 0.222 to 0.164)	0.766
Stroke history	0.098 (− 0.054 to 0.249)	0.207
Sustained atrial fibrillation	− 0.061 (− 0.215 to 0.094)	0.441
Initial NIHSS score	0.022 (0.013 to 0.030)	< 0.001
LVEF	− 0.017 (− 0.024 to − 0.010)	< 0.001
Deceleration time*	− 0.006 (− 0.306 to 0.294)	0.968
E/e′ ratio*	0.138 (− 0.121 to 0.397)	0.296
Wall motion abnormality
No abnormality	Ref	Ref
Regional	0.608 (0.206 to 1.011)	0.003
Global	0.225 (− 0.135 to 0.585)	0.220
Left atrial thrombus	0.599 (0.111 to 1.088)	0.016

NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction.

*This variable was transformed into a log scale.