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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 6.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Aug 14;22(9):1009–1016. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa242

Table 2. Association between LV CMR parameters and alcohol consumption.

Average value Unadjusted Adjusted
Mean±SD β (95% CI) p β (95% CI) p
LVEDV (ml)
Total participants 144.3±34.3 0.55 (0.48-0.63) <0.001 0.13 (0.06-0.19) <0.001
Men 164.2±33.4 0.18 (0.08-0.27) <0.001 0.14 (0.05-0.24) 0.004
Women 126.2±23.2 0.10 (0.00-0.21) 0.046 0.09 (-0.01-0.20) 0.065
LVESV (ml)
Total participants 59.2±20.1 0.27 (0.22-0.31) <0.001 0.05 (0.01-0.09) 0.020
Men 69.2±21.1 0.08 (0.02-0.14) 0.008 0.06 (0.00-0.12) 0.053
Women 50.0±13.9 0.03 (-0.03-0.09) 0.328 0.02 (-0.04-0.08) 0.483
LVSV (ml)
Total participants 85.1±19.5 0.29 (0.24-0.33) <0.001 0.07 (0.03-0.12) <0.001
Men 94.9±19.4 0.10 (0.04-0.15) <0.001 0.08 (0.03-0.14) 0.005
Women 76.2±14.5 0.07 (0.01-0.14) 0.027 0.07 (0.01-0.14) 0.027
LVEF (%)
Total participants 59.4±6.4 -0.03 (-0.04 to - 0.01) <0.001 0.00 (-0.02-0.02) 0.946
Men 58.1±6.5 -0.01 (-0.02-0.01) 0.528 0.00 (-0.02-0.02) 0.810
Women 60.6±6.0 0.01 (-0.02-0.03) 0.556 0.01 (-0.02-0.04) 0.405
LV mass (g)
Total participants 89.6±24.7 0.45 (0.40-0.51) <0.001 0.07 (0.03-0.11) 0.002
Men 106.7±21.9 0.13 (0.07-0.19) <0.001 0.05 (-0.01-0.11) 0.076
Women 74.0±14.9 0.05 (-0.02-0.12) 0.136 0.06 (0.00-0.12) 0.062

Adjustment was made for age, ethnicity, body mass index, smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, physical activity, Townsend deprivation index and cholesterol level.

CI=Confidence interval; LVEDV=Left ventricular end-diastolic volume; LVEF=Left ventricular ejection fraction; LVESV=Left ventricular end-systolic volume; LVSV=Left ventricular stroke volume.