Table 7.

Independent Relationships of Biomarkers with E/e’

Models	E/e’
	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	−6.605 (3.902)	−0.170	0.094	0.132	−4.979 (3.750)	−0.179	0.192	0.392	−18.397 (8.015)	−0.362	0.028	0.333	0.417
Log gamma-glutamyl transferase	3.023 (1.113)	0.266	0.008	0.174	2.411 (1.315)	0.244	0.072	0.409	3.761 (1.707)	0.345	0.032	0.338	0.474
Log ferritin	1.321 (0.863)	0.159	0.129	0.142	2.973 (1.017)	0.392	0.005	0.489	−1.408 (1.369)	−0.171	0.311	0.291	0.053

Notes: All relationships were adjusted for age, sex, race, body mass index, mean arterial pressure, heart rate and diabetes. Significant associations are shown in bold.

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