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. 2021 Mar 17;6(6):1–8. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.0292

Table 2. Correlates of Internal Work in the Community (FHS) and HFpEF (MGH-ExS)a.

Covariate Model (adjusted R2 = 0.25; n = 3037)
Estimated β P value
FHS
Age 0.0085 .65
Female –0.43 <.001
BMI, log 0.48 <.001
Diabetes 0.076 .23
Hypertension –0.014 .71
CVD –0.096 .23
Resting SBP, log 0.019 .39
Resting DBP, log –0.073 <.001
Resting HR, log 0.0073 .67
Peak V̇o2, log, mL/min –0.29 <.001
Covariate Model 1 (adjusted R2 = 0.31; n = 183) Model 2 (adjusted R2 = 0.33; n = 173)
Estimated β P value Estimated β P value
HFpEF (MGH-ExS)
Age –0.096 .22 –0.073 .39
Female –0.17 .28 –0.082 .63
BMI, log 0.67 <.001 0.70 <.001
Diabetes 0.22 .12 0.294 .05
Hypertension 0.060 .69 0.066 .67
Resting SBP, log 0.127 .15 0.108 .26
Resting DBP, log –0.174 .05 –0.147 .13
Resting HR, log 0.036 .61 0.038 .61
Peak V̇o2, log, mL/min –0.411 <.001 –0.36 .002
Resting PCWP, log NA NA 0.16 .11
Resting RA pressure NA NA –0.128 .19
Resting CO, log NA NA –0.023 .80

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); CO, cardiac output; CVD, cardiovascular disease; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FHS, Framingham Heart Study; HFpEF, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; HR, heart rate; MGH-ExS, Massachusetts General Hospital Exercise Study; NA, not applicable; PCWP, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; RA, right atrial pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure; V̇o2, oxygen uptake.

a

Continuous variables were standardized. Values were log transformed where specified. RA was not log transformed because of some negative values.