Table 5.

Relationships of Biomarkers with Inappropriate Left Ventricular Mass

Models	Log Inappropriate Left Ventricular Mass
	All Patients (n=109)				Non-Dialysis Patients (n=64)				Dialysis Patients (n=45)				Interaction p
	β (SE)	Partial R	p	Model R2	β (SE)	Partial R	p	Model R2	β (SE)	Partial R	p	Model R2
Log albumin	−0.067 (0.117)	−0.059	0.569	0.048	−0.206 (0.112)	−0.240	0.072	0.133	0.453 (0.322)	0.235	0.165	0.096	0.045
Log gamma-glutamyl transferase	0.035 (0.036)	0.052	0.330	0.099	0.087 (0.037)	0.298	0.024	0.162	−0.085 (0.037)	0.264	0.289	0.075	0.036
Log ferritin	0.047 (0.026)	0.190	0.070	0.190	0.080 (0.032)	0.339	0.015	0.204	−0.008 (0.054)	−0.025	0.882	0.042	0.162
Log parathyroid hormone	0.070 (0.031)	0.237	0.027	0.083	0.008 (0.044)	0.025	0.863	0.071	0.133 (0.063)	0.351	0.042	0.146	0.153
Uric acid	−0.201 (0.098)	−0.203	0.044	0.152	0.062 (0.116)	0.075	0.595	0.233	−0.705 (0.222)	−0.508	0.004	0.307	0.001

Notes: All relationships were adjusted for age, sex and race and weight. Significant associations are shown in bold.

Abbreviations: Log, logarithmically transformed; β, regression coefficient; SE, standard error of the mean.