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Heart 91:1294-1298 doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.042549
  • Cardiovascular medicine

Effect of one or more co-morbid conditions on diagnostic accuracy of coronary flow velocity reserve for detecting significant left anterior descending coronary stenosis

Table 5

 Multiple linear regression analysis with the value of CFVR in the LAD as the dependent variable (r = 0.631, p<0.0001)

B 95% CI of B β p Value
ACE, angiotensin converting enzyme; ARB, angiotensin II receptor blocker; B, unstandardised regression coefficient; β, standardised coefficient; CI, confidence interval; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; SBP, systolic blood pressure.
LAD stenosis >50% −1.070 −1.242 to −0.898 −0.570 <0.0001
Heart rate at rest −0.014 −0.021 to −0.007 −0.181 0.0002
LVH −0.322 −0.535 to −0.108 −0.139 0.0033
Age −0.009 −0.018 to −0.001 −0.103 0.0384
Diabetes −0.129 −0.535 to 0.108 −0.072 0.1739
SBP at rest −0.003 −0.006 to 0.001 −0.064 0.2120
Smoking −0.075 −0.253 to 0.102 −0.040 0.4038
Hypertension 0.062 −0.137 to 0.262 0.034 0.5395
ACE inhibitor or ARB −0.039 −0.206 to 0.129 −0.022 0.6495
Hypercholesterolaemia 0.029 −0.142 to 0.200 0.016 0.7415
Nitrate −0.024 −0.194 to 0.147 −0.013 0.7826
Calcium inhibitor 0.012 −0.176 to 0.200 0.007 0.8992
Myocardial infarct in the LAD −0.011 −0.209 to 0.188 −0.005 0.9166
Male sex 0.006 −0.181 to 0.192 0.003 0.9537

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