Imaging, biomarker and invasive assessment of diffuse left ventricular myocardial fibrosis in atrial fibrillation

Table 3 Regression analysis

Characteristic	Association with ECV
Characteristic	Beta	P Value
Age (years)	−0.172	0.354
Time since AF diagnosis (months)	0.038	0.849
BMI (kg/m²)	−0.267	0.146
Female sex	0.296	0.106
Non - PAF	0.116	0.535
Hypertension	0.103	0.582
CHA₂DS₂VASc	0.008	0.964
LA vol (ml)	−0.247	0.181
LV EDV (ml)	−0.294	0.115
LV ejection fraction (%)	0.184	0.330
LV Mass (g)	−0.250	0.183
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.033	0.859
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.069	0.714
Mean LA pressure (mmHg)	0.486 0.791	0.008 *< 0.001*
% LA voltage (< 0.5 mV)	0.257	0.225
ICTP	0.754 0.592	< 0.001 *0.001*
PIIINP	−0.004	0.989
Gal-3	− 0.142	0.454

Results in italics represent multivariable analysis results. Results in bold represent statistically significant associations after multivariable analysis

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