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The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 5 Multivariate stepwise regression analysis for clinical and echocardiographic predictors of coronary tortuosity

From: Coronary tortuosity relation with carotid intima-media thickness, coronary artery disease risk factors, and diastolic dysfunction: is it a marker of early atherosclerosis?

Variable

OR

95% CI

P value

Clinical

HTN

14.7

3.5-62.1

< 0.001

Total Cholesterol

1.03

1.01-1.05

0.018

Echocardiographic

A velocity (cm/s)

1.15

1.05-1.25

0.002

DT (ms)

0.95

0.92-0.99

0.005

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, HTN hypertension, DT deceleration time
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