Table 5.

Multiple linear regression analysis: RHR as a dependent variable, relative to serum inflammatory factors.

	Inflammatory plasma secretions	Standardized coefficient β	95% confidence interval	P value
Resting heart rate (bpm)	MMP9 (ng/ml)	0.03590	− 0.6426 to 0.7144	0.9159
	VEGF (pg/ml)	0.02184	0.01113 to 0.03255	0.0001
	TNF-a (pg/ml)	0.07964	− 0.3416 to 0.5009	0.7060

Bold values denote statistical significance.