Comparison of the prognostic values of three calculation methods for echocardiographic relative wall thickness in acute decompensated heart failure

Table 4 Relationship between RWTs and clinical characteristics

	RWT_PW		RWT_IVS + PW		RWT_IVS
	ρ	P value	ρ	P value	ρ	P value
Age, y	0.15	0.003	0.17	0.003	0.17	0.001
LogBNP, log (pg/mL)	−0.2	< 0.001	−0.15	0.003	−0.11	0.039
LVEF, %	0.42	< 0.001	0.47	< 0.001	0.43	< 0.001
LVEDV, mL	−0.67	< 0.001	−0.74	< 0.001	− 0.69	< 0.001
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	0.15	0.004	0.094	0.065	0.063	0.22

LogBNP logarithmed brain natriuretic peptide; LVEDV left ventricular end-diastolic volume; LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction; ρ, Spearman’s correlation coefficient

ISSN: 1476-7120