Table 4a Multivariate logistic regression analysis

From: The clinical value of apex beat and electrocardiography for the detection of left ventricular hypertrophy from the standpoint of the distance factors from the heart to the chest wall: a multislice CT study

 

Odds ratio

95% CI

P

Sustained or double apical impulse

LV mass

1.016

1.007–1.025

0.0004

Distance from heart to

 inner chest wall

0.250

0.084–0.742

0.013

 chest surface

0.556

0.285–1.083

0.084

  1. Abbreviations: CI indicates confidence interval; LV, left ventricular.