Pulmonary hypertension among maintenance hemodialysis patients in Somalia: a hospital-based observational study

The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 2 Univariate and multivariate analyses of predictors for PHT on logistic regression analysis

	OR	95% CI	p^*	OR	95% CI	p^*
Age, years	1.011	0.992–1.029	0.258
Gender, male	0.782	0.404–1.511	0.464
BMI, kg/m²	1.071	0.948–1.211	0.272
WBC, 10^3/uL	0.855	0.753–0.971	0.016	0.836	0.686–1.018	0.074
LVEF, %	0.918	0.885–0.953	< 0.001	0.945	0.901–0.992	0.022
LA diameter, mm	1.253	1.120–1.403	< 0.001	0.864	0.709–1.054	0.151
RA diameter, mm	1.475	1.277–1.704	< 0.001	1.384	1.122–1.707	0.002
IVS thickness, mm	1.336	1.080–1.652	0.008	1.136	0.889–1.450	0.308
LV diastolic dysfunction
Normal		1 (ref)			1 (ref)
Grade 1	4.393	1.951–9.893	< 0.001	1.731	0.478–6.264	0.403
Grade 2 or 3	10.878	3.876–30.524	< 0.001	1.576	0.295–8.411	0.594
Pericardial effusion
None		1 (ref)			1 (ref)
Mild	7.754	3.443–17.462	< 0.001	3.326	1.222–9.053	0.019
Moderate/severe	31.385	6.412–153.618	< 0.001	10.123	1.770–64.966	0.010

BMI: body mass index; DD: diastolic dysfunction; IVS: interventricular septum; LA: left atrium end-diastolic internal diameter; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; LV: Left Ventricular; PHT: pulmonary hypertension; RA: right atrium end-diastolic internal diameter; WBC: white blood cell count, − 2Log likelihood: 116,412, Model Chi-square: 80.414, Nagelkerke R² = 0.577, *p value < 0.05 was considered significant, CI: confidence interval, OR: odds ratio