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Table 4 Relationships between echocardiographic variables and baseline characteristics in controls, results from univariable and multivariable regression analysis

From: Overweight and obesity impair left ventricular systolic function as measured by left ventricular ejection fraction and global longitudinal strain

Explanatory variable

LV mass

LVEF

GLS

E/é

Univariable

Multivariable model R2 = 0.19

Univariable

Multivariable model R2 = 0.09

Univariable

Multivariable model R2 = 0.16

Univariable

Multivariable model R2 = 0.22

β1, R2

B

β1, R2

B

β1, R2

B

β1, R2

B

Demographic data

 Age, years

0.4, 0.01

 

− 0.03, 0.00

 

0.02, 0.00

 

0.21***, 0.12

0.2***

 Gender = female

− 15.0***, 0.11

− 10.9**

1.9, 0.02

 

− 1.5**, 0.05

− 1.0

0.5, 0.00

1.5**

 Smoker/former smoker

2.1, 0.00

 

− 0.03, 0.00

 

0.38, 0.01

 

0.20, 0.00

 

 BMI, kg/m2

0.8, 0.21

 

− 0.56***, 0.08

− 0.6***

0.27***, 0.01

0.2***

0.26***, 0.08

 

Medical history

 Angina pectoris

2.9, 0.00

 

− 1.0, 0.00

 

− 0.85, 0.00

 

3.2, 0.02

 

 Myocardial infarction

11.4, 0.01

 

− 2.0, 0.00

 

1.2, 0.00

 

− 0.46, 0.00

 

 Coronary revascularization

10.1, 0.00

 

0.8, 0.00

 

− 0.49, 0.00

 

− 3.3*, 0.02

 

 Hypertension

10.4*, 0.04

 

− 1.9, 0.01

 

0.86, 0.01

 

0.50, 0.00

 

Medication

 Statins

12.6*, 0.03

12.9*

− 3.3, 0.02

 

1.1, 0.01

 

− 0.02, 0.00

 

 ACEI and/or ARB

8.3, 0.02

 

− 2.2, 0.01

 

1.2, 0.01

 

− 0.44, 0.00

 

 Calcium channel blocker

15.6*, 0.03

 

0.5, 0.00

 

− 0.81, 0.00

 

0.53, 0.00

 

 β-Blocker

5.6, 0.01

 

− 1.0, 0.00

 

0.55, 0.00

 

0.13, 0.00

 

Laboratory analyses

 Triglycerides, mmol/L

0.9, 0.00

 

0.06, 0.00

 

0.01*, 0.00

 

− 13, 0.00

 

 LDL-C, mmol/L

− 1.9, 0.00

 

0.34, 0.00

 

0.36, 0.01

 

0.40, 0.01

 

 Microalbuminuria

10.5, 0.01

 

− 14.8, 0.00

 

11.3, 0.00

 

3.5*, 0.04

 

 Creatinine, µmol/L

0.3*, 0.03

 

− 0.08, 0.00

 

0.09, 0.02

 

0.05, 0.01

 

 GFR, mL/min/1.73 m2

0.1, 0.00

 

0.04, 0.01

 

0.00, 0.00

 

− 0.03, 0.02

 

Blood pressure (mmHg)

 Systolic blood pressure

0.4***, 0.09

0.3**

− 0.03, 0.01

 

0.02, 0.01

 

0.06***, 0.09

 

 Diastolic blood pressure

0.6**, 0.08

 

− 0.1, 0.02

 

0.08***, 0.07

0.2**

0.10***, 0.08

0.1***

  1. Results from univariable regression Y = β0 + β1 *X + ε. Results are presented as estimated regression parameters β1 and p-values (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 and *** p < 0.001) for parameters and R2. Hypothesis tested H0: β0 and β1 = 0 against H1: β0 and β1 ≠ 0. Note that the β0 term is not presented in the table. Final results of multivariable linear regression analysis Y = Β X + ε of LV mass, LVEF and E/é. B is the estimated vector of regression parameters in the multivariable model. ε represents the error-term in the model. Results are presented as estimated regression parameters, p-values for the parameters, and R2, the explained proportion of variation in the outcome variable by the explanatory variables. LV mass are indexed by body surface area. See abbreviations as in Table 1 and 2