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Table 2 Multivariate regression analysis of the association between left ventricular diastolic functional parameters and the gout study groups (n = 173)

From: Gout, not hyperuricemia alone, impairs left ventricular diastolic function

Variable

Unadjusteda

Model 1b

 

ß

P

ß

p

E/A

    

Gout

−0.01

0.894

0.077

0.237

Em (cm/s)

    

Gout

−0.282

<0.001

−0.208

0.002

Am (cm/s)

    

Gout

0.062

0.414

−0.019

0.815

Em/Am

    

Gout

−0.257

0.001

−0.163

0.016

E/Em

    

Gout

0.214

0.005

0.172

0.02

Maximal LAVi (mL/m2)

    

Gout

0.35

<0.001

0.294

<0.001

  1. aIncluding gout. bAdjusted for age, sex, uric acid, creatinine, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and smoking. A late diastolic peak transmitral flow velocity, Am peak late diastolic annular velocity, E early diastolic peak transmitral flow velocity, Em peak early diastolic mitral annular velocity, LAVi left atrial volume index
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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