Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Table 5 Regression Analysis predicting significance of multiple variables and grades to values of echocardiographic parameters

From: Correlation of structural defects in the ascending aortic wall to ultrasound parameters: benefits for decision-making process in aortic valve surgery

Predictors	Dependant variable
	AA			SV			STJ			AscA
	B	95% C.I.		B	95% C.I.		B	95% C.I.		B	95% C.I.
HTA (arterial hypertension)	0.089	−0.078	0.256	0.030	−0.151	0.211	0.079	−0.105	0.263	0.162	−0.058	0.382
DM (diabetes mellitus)	−0.051	−0.226	0.124	−0.009	−0.198	0.181	0.017	−0.176	0.210	−0.186	−0.416	0.045
Atherosclerosis	0.092	−0.042	0.226	0.028	−0.117	0.173	0.030	−0.117	0.178	0.070	−0.106	0.246
Grade	0.080	−0.018	0.178	0.036	−0.070	0.142	0.148	0.039	0.256	0.134	0.005	0.263
Gender	−0.289	−0.440	−0.139	−0.428	−0.591	−0.265	−0.298	−0.464	−0.132	−0.265	−0.463	−0.067
Age	−0.003	−0.012	0.006	−0.006	−0.016	0.003	−0.009	−0.019	0.001	−0.013	−0.025	−0.002
F	4.249			5.705			5.107			3.995
p	0.001			<0.001			<0.001			0.001
Predictors	Dependant variable
	SVI			STJI			STJ/AA			AscA/AA
	B	95% C.I.		B	95% C.I.		B	95% C.I.		B	95% C.I.
HTA (arterial hypertension)	0.024	−0.032	0.024	0.035	−0.033	0.102	−0.016	−0.071	0.040	0.162	−0.058	0.382
DM (diabetes mellitus)	−0.002	−0.061	−0.002	0.005	−0.066	0.076	0.028	−0.030	0.086	−0.186	−0.416	0.045
Atherosclerosis	0.013	0.032	0.013	0.008	−0.046	0.061	−0.030	−0.074	0.015	0.070	−0.106	0.246
Grade	0.007	−0.026	0.007	0.036	−0.004	0.075	0.019	−0.014	0.051	0.134	0.005	0.263
Gender	−0.100	−0.151	−0.100	−0.075	−0.135	−0.014	0.000	−0.050	0.050	−0.265	−0.463	−0.067
Age	−0.001	−0.004	−0.001	−0.003	−0.007	0.000	0.002	−0.005	0.001	−0.013	−0.025	−0.002
F	3.268			2.701			1.055			0.800
p	0.006			0.018			0.395			0.572

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