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Table 2 Univariable logistic regression analysis of patients with BoPAP versus normal PAP and those with PAH versus BoPAP

From: Borderline pulmonary arterial pressure in systemic sclerosis patients: a post-hoc analysis of the DETECT study

Variable

Odds ratios (95% confidence interval)

P-value

BoPAP versus normal mPAP

PAH versus BoPAP

BoPAP versus normal mPAP

PAH versus BoPAP

Demographic and clinical parameters

  

Age, years

1.03 (1.00, 1.07)

1.04 (0.99, 1.08)

  

Gender, female versus male

0.69 (0.25, 1.89)

0.80 (0.27, 2.36)

  

WHO FC, III/IV versus I/II

2.27 (0.78, 6.56)

2.90 (1.04, 8.08)

 

<0.05

6-minute walk distance

1.00 (0.99, 1.00)

1.00 (1.00, 1.00)

  

SSc disease duration, years

0.99 (0.94, 1.04)

1.05 (1.00, 1.11)

  

SSc disease subtype

   

<0.05

dcSSc versus lcSSc

1.30 (0.59, 2.85)

0.35 (0.13, 0.93)

Overlap/mixed CTD versus lcSSc

1.23 (0.31, 4.81)

0.76 (0.17, 3.48)

Presence of telangiectasias

0.58 (0.27, 1.25)

4.13 (1.52, 11.26)

 

<0.01

Presence of peripheral edema

4.19 (1.41, 12.46)

0.93 (0.32, 2.67)

<0.05

 

FVC predicted

0.99 (0.97, 1.01)

1.01 (0.99, 1.04)

  

FVC % predicted /DLCO % predicted

1.24 (0.54, 2.82)

3.41 (1.36, 8.54)

 

<0.01

TLC % predicted

0.98 (0.96, 1.00)

1.01 (0.99, 1.04)

  

Serum laboratory

  

Presence of anti-centromere antibodies

0.78 (0.35, 1.77)

2.77 (1.12, 6.85)

 

<0.05

Log10 NT-proBNP, pg/ml

2.65 (1.17, 5.98)

1.69 (0.71, 4.05)

<0.05

 

Serum urate, mg/100 ml

1.01 (0.76, 1.33)

1.73 (1.20, 2.48)

 

<0.01

Log10 estimated GFR

0.54 (0.03, 9.44)

0.04 (0.00, 1.77)

  

Echocardiography

  

Left atrium diameter, mm

1.22 (1.10, 1.35)

0.89 (0.80, 1.00)

<0.001

<0.05

Right atrium area, cm2

1.07 (1.00, 1.14)

1.07 (0.99, 1.17)

  

TAPSE, mm

1.03 (0.94, 1.12)

0.88 (0.80, 0.98)

 

<0.05

TR velocity, m/s

25.10 (6.07, 103.74)

3.15 (1.30, 7.67)

<0.0001

<0.05

Electrocardiography

  

Right axis deviation

2.35 (0.21, 26.74)

4.64 (0.55, 38.99)

  

Right heart catheterization

  

PAWP, mmHg

1.39 (1.21, 1.61)

0.91 (0.79, 1.04)

<0.0001

 

TPG, mmHg

1.57 (1.33, 1.85)

1.72 (1.35, 2.19)

<0.0001

<0.0001

DWG, mmHg

1.10 (0.99, 1.21)

1.27 (1.12, 1.44)

 

<0.0005

PVR, dyn.sec/cm5

1.01 (1.01, 1.02)

1.03 (1.01, 1.04)

<0.0001

<0.0001

  1. BoPAP, borderline pulmonary arterial pressure; CTD, connective tissue disease; dcSSc, diffuse cutaneous SSc; DLCO, diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide; DWG, diastolic wedge gradient; FVC, forced vital capacity; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; lcSSc, limited cutaneous SSc; NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide; PAH, pulmonary arterial hypertension; PAWP, pulmonary artery wedge pressure; PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance; SSc, systemic sclerosis; TAPSE, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; TLC, total lung capacity; TPG, transpulmonary gradient; TR, tricuspid regurgitation; WHO FC, World Health Organization functional class.