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Table 4 Multiple logistic regression (binary and ordinal) to identify predictors of cardiac function and myocardial strain

From: Aortic stiffness as a marker of cardiac function and myocardial strain in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement

Predictors

Pre-operative

Post-operative

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

LV function

NYHA class

Inotropes

Arrhythmia

LV function

NYHA class

Leg edema

Model 1

PWV value

0.73

1.43 *

1.33

0.94

0.76

1.20

1.09

(0.52–1.05)

(1.08–1.91)

(0.94–1.88)

(0.71–1.26)

(0.46–1.23)

(0.76–1.91)

(0.71–1.67)

Age

1.11 *

0.97

1.03

1.07

1.05

0.93

0.97

(1.01–1.23)

(0.91–1.04)

(0.94–1.12)

(0.99–1.16)

(0.93–1.19)

(0.81–1.07)

(0.86–1.09)

Gender (male)

0.35

1.11

0.36

1.80

1.80

0.34

0.47

(0.08–1.49)

(0.35–3.57)

(0.09–1.45)

(0.49–6.56)

(0.18–18.01)

(0.04–2.36)

(0.08–2.66)

DM

     

5.01

 

(0.72–34.51)

Hypertension

0.20 *

      

(0.05–0.81)

Model 2

PWV cut-off

0.91

8.3 **

1.78

0.55

0.81

14.44 *

11.77 *

(PWV-high)

(0.21–3.84)

(2.27–33.33)

(0.49–6.43)

(0.16–1.84)

(0.12–5.41)

(1.49–139.31)

(1.26–109.77)

Age

1.06

1.02

1.06

1.07 *

1.03

0.97

0.97

(0.98–1.15)

(0.95–1.08)

(098–1.15)

(1.0–1.15)

(0.91–1.15)

(0.84–1.10)

(0.86–1.09)

Gender (male)

0.47

1.21

0.34

1.65

2.10

0.43

0.62

(0.11–1.92)

(0.38–4.0)

(0.08–1.30)

(0.45–6.03)

(0.19–22.13)

(0.05–3.52)

(0.09–4.18)

DM

     

4.45

 

(0.47–41.66)

Hypertension

0.18 *

      

(0.04–0.71)

  1. Values are shown as odd ratio (95% CI), bold values indicate statistically significant values; *is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed); **is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed); Model 1 includes PWV value as a continuous predictor; Model 2 includes PWV cut-off as a dichotomous predictor. Abbreviations: LV left ventricle, NYHA New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Classification, PWV pulse wave velocity, DM diabetes mellitus.