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. 2021 Feb 10;110(6):884–894. doi: 10.1007/s00392-021-01812-3

Table 3.

Predictors for progression of tricuspid regurgitation

Univariate Multivariate
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
RV Dilatation 2.49 (1.84–3.36) < 0.001 2.04 (1.27–3.29) 0.003
RVF Reduction 1.66 (1.22–2.27) 0.001 0.97 (0.60–1.56) 0.890
Pre-existing TR (moderate) 2.08 (1.41–3.06) < 0.001 4.30 (2.51–7.38) < 0.001
Age ≥ 80 1.11 (0.79–1.54) 0.551
Female sex 1.39 (1.06–1.83) 0.018 1.68 (1.16–2.43) 0.006
Single RV lead 1.62 (1.18–2.21) 0.003 1.67 (1.09–2.56) 0.018
Coronary artery disease 1.36 (1.03–1.79) 0.031 0.98 (0.49–1.94) 0.950
Heart failure 1.68 (1.28–2.21) < 0.001 1.39 (0.88–2.19) 0.159
Diabetes 0.99 (0.73–1.35) 0.966
Any atherosclerosis 1.28 (0.96–1.71) 0.099 1.13 (0.56–2.28) 0.726
Atrial fibrillation 1.58 (1.20–2.09) 0.001 1.15 (0.78–1.69) 0.474
Chronic kidney disease 1.35 (1.003–1.81) 0.048 1.04 (0.71–1.54) 0.831
Endocarditis 1.48 (0.93–2.38) 0.101
Mitral regurgitation (moderate or severe) 2.22 (1.63–3.02) < 0.001 2.08 (1.42–3.05) < 0.001
sPAP ≥ 56 mmHg 2.16 (1.47–3.15) < 0.001 1.18 (0.69–2.05) 0.546
LVEDD ≥ 25 mm/m2 1.33 (1.01–1.75) 0.04 1.09 (0.75–1.57) 0.663
LA ≥ 70 mm 2.30 (1.69–3.13) < 0.001 1.98 (1.07–3.67) 0.030
RA ≥ 70 mm 2.03 (1.47–2.82)  < 0.001 0.75 (0.38–1.46) 0.396

List of parameters included in the uni- and multivariate regression. All echocardiographic parameters were obtained from the echocardiographic study before pacemaker implantation. Parameters were included in the multivariate regression model with a P value < 0.10 in the univariate regression

CI confidence interval, LA left atrium, LVEDD left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, OR odds ratio, RA right atrium, RV right ventricle, RVF right ventricular function, sPAP systolic pulmonary artery pressure, TR tricuspid regurgitation