High frequency of diastolic dysfunction in a population-based cohort of elderly women - but poor association with the symptom dyspnea

Table 3 Logistic regression analysis, dependent variable dyspnea

Parameter	Odds Ratio	P	95% Confidence Interval
PA sys	1.249	.000	1.113 - 1.400
LAVI	1.098	.001	1.037 - 1.162
BNP	1.011	.001	1.004 - 1.109
BMI	1.151	.002	1.053 - 1.257
Septal thickness	1.404	.009	1.089 - 1.811
RAD	1.126	.014	1.025 - 1.238
LVESDI	1.074	.026	1.009 - 1.145
LVMI	1.018	.027	1.002 - 1.033

PAsys = systolic pulmonary artery pressure; RAD = right atrial diameter; BMI = body mass index; LVESDI = left ventricular endsystolic diameter index; for other abbreviations see tables 1&2; for parameters LAVI, BMI, septal thickness, RAD, LVESDI and LVMI were measurements available in 122 participants; measurements were available for PAsys and BNP in 50 and 99 participants, respectively

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