Research Article

Aortic Stiffness Is Related to the Ischemic Brain Injury Biomarker N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Antibody Levels in Aortic Valve Replacement

Table 3

Simple and multiple logistic regression analysis to identify variables that independently predict patients with high NR2Ab (NR2Ab 1.8 ng/mL cut-off).

PredictorsNR2Ab 1.8 ng/mL cut-off
OR (95%CI) -value

Simple logistic regression
PWV value1.29 (0.97–1.71)0.08
PWV cut-off6.93 (1.91–25.17)<0.01
Age1.0 (0.93–1.01)0.96
Gender (male)0.18 (0.05–0.67)0.01
DM1.63 (0.33–8.01)0.54
Smoking0.94 (0.33–2.65)0.92
BMI (kg/m2)0.88 (0.79–1.02)0.09
MAP (mmHg)0.97 (0.92–1.02)0.31
Cholesterol (mmol/L)1.63 (0.84–3.19)0.14
EuroSCORE (Logistic)1.09 (0.95–1.25)0.21
AVA (cm2)0.35 (0.01–6.98)0.49
AVMG (mmHg)0.99 (0.64–1.03)0.69
AVPG (mmHg)1.0 (0.97–1.02)0.96
EF1.0 (0.96–1.05)0.72

Multiple logistic regression (Model 1)
PWV value1.4 (0.94–2.06)0.09
Age0.95 (0.86–1.05)0.32
Gender (male)0.21 (0.05–0.79)0.02

Multiple logistic regression (Model 2)
PWV cut-off7.23 (1.74–30.1)<0.01
Age0.98 (0.91–1.06)0.66
Gender (male)0.19 (0.04–0.8)0.02

Values are shown as odd ratio (OR) and value; bold values indicate statistical significance. Abbreviations: AVA, aortic valve area; AVMG, aortic valve mean gradient; AVPG, aortic valve peak gradient; BMI, body mass index; DM, diabetes mellitus; EF, Ejection fraction; MAP, mean arterial blood pressure; NR2Ab, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antibodies; PWV, pulse wave velocity.