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Table 1 Uni- and Multivariate Model of Prognostic Factors for Change in LVEF

From: Effects of myocardial fibrosis and ventricular dyssynchrony on response to therapy in new-presentation idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance and echocardiography

Variable

Univariate model

Multivariate model

 

Coefficient (95% CI)

p-value

Coefficient (95% CI)

p-value

Age

-0.06 (-0.3 to 0.2)

0.8

  

Gender

-4 (-10 to 3)

0.8

  

6-minute walk distance (m)

0.03 (-0.01 to 0.08)

0.3

  

VO2 PEAK (mL/kg/min)

0.3 (-0.7 to 1.3)

0.6

  

Tissue Doppler dyssynchrony index (ms)

-0.07 (-0.3 to 0.2)

0.7

  

E/E’

0.04 (-0.2 to 0.3)

0.8

  

Left atrial volume (mL)

-0.02 (-0.1 to 0.1)

0.8

  

TAPSE (cm)

-1 (-10 to 7)

0.7

  

Interventricular mechanical delay (ms)

-0.1 (-0.3 to 0.05)

0.3

0.3 (-0.06 to 0.6)

0.1

NT-pro BNP (μg/L)

-1 (-2 to -0.09)

0.007

-0.2 (-2 to 1)

0.8

QRS-duration (ms)

-0.14 (-0.3 to -0.02)

0.004

-0.3 (-0.7 to 0.1)

0.2

Strain dyssynchrony index (ms)

-0.1 (-0.2 to -0.06)

0.04

-0.1 (-0.2 to -0.04)

<0.001

Fibrosis mass (g)

-7 (-11 to -3)

<0.001

-7 (-11 to -4)

<0.001