Table 6.

Relationships of Biomarkers with E/e’

Biomarker	E/e’
	All Patients (n=109)				Non-Dialysis Patients (n=64)				Dialysis Patients (n=45)
	β (SE)	Partial R	p	Model R2	β (SE)	Partial R	p	Model R2	β (SE)	Partial R	p	Model R2
Log albumin	−7.543 (3.754)	−0.195	0.047	0.095	−6.501 (4.151)	−0.201	0.123	0.116	−14.897 (8.236)	−0.278	0.078	0.178
Log gamma-glutamyl transferase	2.919 (1.082)	0.257	0.008	0.124	1.980 (1.392)	0.184	0.160	0.109	3.741 (1.749)	0.320	0.039	0.194
Log ferritin	1.315 (0.823)	0.161	0.113	0.087	2.510 (1.192)	0.280	0.040	0.148	−0.912 (1.409)	−0.103	0.521	0.101
Log parathyroid hormone	1.367 (0.958)	0.148	0.157	0.089	2.070 (1.478)	0.194	0.168	0.159	−1.505 (1.664)	−0.149	0.372	0.166
Uric acid	0.562 (3.350)	0.017	0.867	0.050	−0.284 (4.919)	−0.008	0.954	0.102	11.395 (5.668)	0.326	0.052	0.145

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

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