Table 4 Associations* between baseline echocardiographic parameters and prospective changes in residual renal function – parameters examined collectively.

From: Associations between echocardiographic findings and prospective changes in residual renal function in patients new to peritoneal dialysis

 

Change in residual renal function (ml/min/1.73 m2 per month)

95% Confidence Interval

p**

Left atrial size (mm)

  

NS

• <30

−0.14

−0.28 to −0.00

 

• 30–45

−0.11

−0.29 to 0.07

 

• >45

−0.08

−0.30 to 0.14

 

Left ventricular hypertrophy

  

NS

• absent

−0.17

−0.28 to −0.07

 

• present

−0.15

−0.30 to −0.01

 

Left ventricular ejection fraction

  

0.001

• normal

−0.17

−0.28 to −0.07

 

• reduced

0.01

−0.20 to 0.21

 

Right ventricular systolic pressure (mmHg)

  

<0.001

• <30

−0.25

−0.38 to −0.11

 

• 30–49

−0.32

−0.49 to −0.15

 

• > = 50

−0.39

−0.60 to −0.19

 

Number of left-sided cardiac valves (or annuli) calcified

  

<0.001

• 0

−0.17

−0.28 to −0.07

 

• 1

−0.12

−0.25 to 0.01

 

• 2

−0.07

−0.23 to 0.09

 
  1. *Each parameter (as categorized), time (since echocardiogram/PD initiation), study site, history of diabetes, congestive heart failure or coronary artery disease, peritoneal dialysis solution, and interactions (products of parameters and time) in the model. **p-values are for the significance of the interaction between each parameter and time.
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