Research Article

Early Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Normal Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

Table 5

Multivariate regression analysis for tissue Doppler LV parameters.

AdjustmentS′LmE′LmA′LmS′SmE′SmA′Sm
Standard   ( value)

No adjustment−0.198 (0.005)**−0.483 (<0.001)**0.094 (0.183)−0.111 (0.115)−0.410 (<0.001)**0.026 (0.708)
Gender−0.260 (<0.001)**−0.495 (<0.001)**0.076 (0.301)−0.162 (0.025)*−0.398 (<0.001)**−0.016 (0.827)
HTA−0.223 (0.006)**−0.405 (<0.001)**0.074 (0.363)−0.124 (0.129)−0.367 (<0.001)**0.003 (0.974)
HTA, BMI−0.167 (0.059)−0.390 (<0.001)**0.093 (0.302)−0.140 (0.120)−0.395 (<0.001)**0.025 (0.783)
HTA, BMI, and gender−0.232 (0.008)**−0.401 (<0.001)**0.074 (0.421)−0.186 (0.041)*−0.381 (<0.001)**−0.018 (0.841)
HTA,BMI, gender, and Tg−0.225 (0.012)*−0.402 (<0.001)**0.051 (0.508)−0.179 (0.053)−0.374 (<0.001)**−0.018 (0.845)
HTA, BMI, gender, Tg, HDL, and LDL−0.230 (0.009)**−0.408 (<0.001)**0.064 (0.494)−0.180 (0.051)−0.375 (<0.001)**−0.017 (0.855)

S′LM: tissue Doppler derived S′ amplitude of lateral part at mitral valve; E′Lm: tissue Doppler derived E′ amplitude of lateral part at mitral valve; A′Lm: tissue Doppler derived A′ amplitude of lateral part at mitral valve; S′Sm: tissue Doppler derived S′ amplitude of septal part at mitral valve; E′Sm: tissue Doppler derived E′ amplitude of septal part at mitral valve; A′Sm: tissue Doppler derived A′ amplitude of septal part at mitral valve; HTA: hypertension; Tg: triglycerides; HDL: high density lipoproteins; LDL: low density lipoproteins; BMI: body mass index.
Means high significant, means significant.