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Table 3 Echocardiographic predictors of incident DM (n = 55) using Cox regression

From: Left ventricular concentric geometry predicts incident diabetes mellitus independent of established risk factors in the general population: the Copenhagen City Heart Study

Unadjusted

Hazard ratio

p-value

LV concentric geometry

HR 2.92, 95% CI 1.71–5.00

< 0.001

LVIDD/height (per 1 cm/m increase)

HR 0.73, 95% CI 0.0.29–1.87

0.51

LVMI (per 5 g/m2 increase)

HR 1.08, 95% CI 1.02–1.13

0.004

IVSD (per 1 mm increase)

HR 1.31, 95% CI 1.18–1.46

< 0.001

PWT (per 1 mm increase)

HR 1.35, 95% CI 1.20–1.52

< 0.001

AWT (per 1 mm increase)

HR 1.49, 95% CI 1.30–1.71

< 0.001

RWT (per 0.1 increase)

HR 1.71, 95% CI 1.38–2.12

< 0.001

LAVI (per 1 mL/m2 increase)

HR 1.02, 95% CI 0.99–1.06

0.20

E (per 10 cm/s decrease)

HR 1.13, 95% CI 0.95–1.34

0.17

A (per 10 cm/s increase)

HR 1.50, 95% CI 1.33–1.70

< 0.001

E/A ratio (per 0.1 decrease)

HR 1.27, 95% CI 1.15–1.40

< 0.001

E/e′ ratio (per 1 increase)

HR 1.09, 95% CI 1.05–1.13

< 0.001

DT (per 10 ms increase)

HR 1.08, 95% CI 1.02–1.14

0.009

s′ (per 1 cm/s increase)

HR 0.81, 95% CI 0.64–1.02

0.07

e′ (per 1 cm/s increase)

HR 0.76, 95% CI 0.67–0.85

< 0.001

a′ (per 1 cm/s increase)

HR 1.22, 95% CI 1.05–1.40

0.008

Model 1

Hazard ratio

p-value

A (per 10 cm/s increase)

HR 1.22, 95% CI 1.02–1.46

0.028

LV Concentric Geometry

HR 1.92, 95% CI 1.09–3.38

0.023

RWT (per 0.1 increase)

HR 1.43, 95% CI 1.09–1.87

0.009

Model 2

Hazard ratio

p-value

LV Concentric Geometry

HR 1.99, 95% CI 1.11–3.57

0.021

RWT (per 0.1 increase)

HR 1.41, 95% CI 1.06–1.86

0.017

  1. Model 1 is adjusted for age, sex, hypertension, smoking status, total cholesterol levels, triglyceride levels, BMI, blood glucose, HbA1C levels, pro-BNP, prevalent ischemic heart disease and prevalent heart failure. Model 2 is adjusted for the same variables as Model 1 with the addition of A. In the multivariable models, only parameters reaching statistical significance are shown
  2. LVIDD/height left ventricular internal diameter at end diastole indexed to height, LVMI left ventricular mass index, IVSD interventricular septum diameter, PWT posterior wall thickness, AWT average wall thickness, RWT relative wall thickness, LAVI left atrial volume index, DT deceleration time