Global Longitudinal Strain May Be the One that Appropriately Identifies Candidates of ICD Implantation

Table 4

The potential of different variables in predicting VT incidence.

	B	SE	Wald	df		Exp (B)	95% CI
							Lower	Upper
Gender	0.121	2.58	0.002	1	0.96	1.12
GLS (%)	−0.56	0.26	4.58	1	0.032	0.57	0.007	176.783
LVEDD (mm)	−0.62	0.97	0.41	1	0.52	0.53	0.345	0.954
PWT (mm)	−0.37	1.57	0.06	1	0.81	0.69	0.081	3.558
MWT (mm)	1.21	1.21	0.99	1	0.32	3.36	0.032	14.918
LVEF (%)	−0.08	0.07	0.97	1	0.32	0.93	0.310	36.447
Constant	−2.265	8.04	0.08	1	0.78	0.1	0795	1.07

VT: ventricular arrhythmia; S.E: standard error; df: degree of freedom; CI: confidence interval; GLS: global longitudinal strain; LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; PWT: posterior wall thickness; MWT: maximum wall thickness; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction. Bold value implies statistical significance.