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Table 4 Determinants for myocardial mechanical function

From: Differences in left ventricular functional adaptation to arterial stiffness and neurohormonal activation in patients with hypertension: a study with two-dimensional layer-specific speckle tracking echocardiography

 

β

t

p-value

LV GLS endocardium (R2 = 0.327)

 Age

−0.170

−1.48

0.142

 Female gender

−0.112

−1.22

0.225

 Body mass index

0.046

0.49

0.626

 Diabetes mellitus

0.062

0.66

0.511

 Peripheral SBP

0.024

0.26

0.795

 LV ejection fraction

−0.419

−4.44

<0.001

 LV mass index

−0.001

−0.01

0.995

 Use of RAAS blocker

0.158

1.76

0.082

 PWV

0.223

2.19

0.031

LV GCS endocardium (R2 = 0.164)

 Age

0.190

1.21

0.231

 Female gender

−0.130

−1.06

0.294

 Body mass index

0.076

0.63

0.534

 Diabetes mellitus

0.108

0.87

0.385

 Peripheral SBP

0.004

0.04

0.970

 LV ejection fraction

−0.293

−2.35

0.022

 LV mass index

−0.015

−0.13

0.896

 Use of RAAS blocker

−0.091

−0.76

0.448

 Log Aldosterone

0.201

1.61

0.112

LA GLS (R2 = 0.361)

 Age

−0.118

−1.05

0.297

 Female gender

−0.096

−1.06

0.292

 Body mass index

−0.179

−1.94

0.055

 Diabetes mellitus

−0.158

−1.70

0.092

 Peripheral SBP

−0.044

−0.50

0.622

 LV ejection fraction

0.218

2.35

0.021

 LV mass index

−0.065

−0.74

0.461

 Use of RAAS blocker

−0.318

−3.59

0.001

 PWV

−0.311

−3.12

0.002

  1. SBP systolic blood pressure, LV left ventricle, RAAS renin angiotensin aldosterone system, PWV pulse wave velocity
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