Arterial Stiffness and Indices of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients with Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Etiology

Table 5

Univariate logistic regression analysis of the parameters in which the univariate analysis using Mann-Whitney test, Student’s -test, or chi² test differs significantly between ESUS and Control groups.

Parameter	OR	95% CI
SP (mmHg)	1,023	0,99-1,05	0,057
Smoking	4,375	1,37-13,96	0,013
Cholesterol HDL (mmol/L)	0,248	0,07-0,09	0,028
GFR (mL/min/1.73 m^3)	0,953	0,93-0,98	0,002
ADMA (μmol/L)	9042	27,5-29,6	0,002
IL-6 (pg/mL)	1,859	1,06-3,26	0,031
NT-proBNP (pg/mL)	1,002	1,001-1,003	0,004
LAVI (mL/m^2)	1,064	1,01-1,21	0,021
LVEF (%)	0,914	0,85-0,99	0,019
	1,050	1,02-1,08	0,001
IVRT (m/s)	1,037	1,02-1,06	0,001
(cm/s)	0,763	0,59-0,99	0,044
(cm/s)	0,087	0,77-0,99	0,027
(cm/s)	1,465	1,14-1,88	0,003
LVMI (g/m^2)	1,034	1,01-1,06	0,002
PL (%)	5,277	1,13-24,57	0,034
HRV index	0,995	0,96-1,03	0,784
AP (mmHg)	1,100	1,03-1,18	0,005
AIx (%)	1,035	1,01-1,07	0,038
AIx75 (%)	1,048	1,01-1,09	0,014

SP: systolic pressure; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; GFR: glomerular filtration rate; ADMA: asymmetric dimethylarginine; IL-6: interleukin 6; NT-proBNP: N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide; LAVI: left atrial volume index; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; : late diastolic filling velocity; IVRT: isovolumic relaxation time; : systolic mitral annular velocity; : early diastolic mitral annular velocity; : ratio of peak velocity of early diastolic transmitral flow to peak velocity of early diastolic mitral annular motion as determined by pulsed wave Doppler; LVMI: left ventricular mass index; PL: pericardial liquid; HRV index: heart rate velocity; AP: augmentation pressure; AIx: augmentation index; AIx75: adjusted augmentation index at a heart rate of 75 beats per minute.