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Table 4 Predictors of limited 6 min walk test

From: Left ventricular markers of global dyssynchrony predict limited exercise capacity in heart failure, but not in patients with preserved ejection fraction

Variable

Odds ratio (95% CI)

P value (<)

Clinical univariate predictors

Hemoglobin

1.020 (1.000-1.041)

0.047

Heart rate

1.027 (0.999-1.056)

0.06

NYHA class

1.535 (0.878-2.685)

0.13

Gender

1.502 (0.734-3.073)

0.27

Creatinine

1.003 (0.995-1.012)

0.47

Urea

1.030 (0.950-1.117)

0.47

Body-mass index

1.028 (0.947-1.117)

0.51

Diabetes mellitus

0.847 (0.394-1.820)

0.67

Age

1.004 (0.973-1.036)

0.81

Echocardiographic univariate predictors

T-IVT

0.743 (0.646-0.855)

<0.001

Tei index

0.038 (0.007-0.219)

<0.001

IVRT

0.974 (0.957-0.992)

0.005

LV EF

1.049 (1.013-1.087)

0.007

E/A ratio

1.526 (1.035-2.251)

0.03

LV EDD

0.714 (0.483-1.055)

0.09

Right long axis amplitude

1.832 (0.885-3.791)

0.11

LV ESD

0.781 (0.562-1.086)

0.14

Left atrium

1.272 (0.763-2.120)

0.36

E wave deceleration time

0.997 (0.991-1.003)

0.39

E/e’ ratio

1.036 (0.943-1.140)

0.46

Lateral long axis amplitude

0.708 (0.197-2.554)

0.59

Septal long axis amplitude

0.794 (0.857-3.404)

0.76

Multivariate predictors

T-IVT

1.257 (1.071-1.476)

0.005

LV Ejection Fraction

0.947 (0.903-0.993)

0.02

E/A ratio

0.553 (0.315-0.972)

0.04

Haemoglobin

0.974 (0.947-1.001)

0.06

Gender

0.535 (0.188-1.523)

0.24

Age

1.022 (0.975-1.072)

0.37

  1. LV left ventricle, A atrial diastolic velocity, E early diastolic filling velocity, EDD end-diastolic dimension, ESD end-systolic dimension, T-IVT total isovolumic time, IVRT isovolumic relaxation time, s’ systolic myocardial velocity, e’ early diastolic myocardial velocity, a’ late diastolic myocardial velocity.