Relationship between B-type natriuretic peptide levels and echocardiographic indices of left ventricular filling pressures in post-cardiac surgery patients

Table 5 Multivariable linear regression for ln(BNP) as dependent variable (covariates: E/E', age, LV mass, LVEF, _iLAV, gender).

Variable	Regression coefficient	95% CI	Standardized coefficient	p value
E/E'	0.068	0.016-0.119	0.256	0.011
Age, yrs	0.018	0.003-0.032	0.2220	0.015
LV mass	0.006	-0.001-0.014	0.147	0.101
LVEF	-0.011	-0.025-0.003	-0.025	0.134
_iLAV	0.003	-0.005-0.011	0.075	0.410
Gender	-0.012	-0.330-0.306	0.007	0.941
Model	R² = 0.222			<0.001

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