Close linkage between blood total ketone body levels and B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with cardiovascular disorders

Figures

• 

  Figure 1. Path model (A). The path model theoretically proposed to clarify the contribution of each of the factors which are show in Table 2 to TKB. Each path has a coefficient representing the standardized coefficient of a regressing independent variable on a dependent variable of the relevant path. These variables represent the standardized regression coefficients (direct effect) (shown in Table 3) and squared multiple correlations (in narrow italics). BMI body mass index, Mean BP mean blood pressure, HR heart rate, Hb hemoglobin, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, T-Bil total-bilirubin, UA uric acid, CRP C-reactive protein, FBS fasting blood sugar, HDL high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG triglyceride, BNP B-type natriuretic peptide, LVEDP left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, LVESVI left ventricular end-systolic volume index, LVEDVI left ventricular end-diastolic volume index.

• 

  Figure 2. Path model (B). The path model theoretically proposed to clarify the contribution of each factor (T-Bil, CRP, FBS, HbA1c, HDL, LDL, TG, BNP, LVEDP, LVESVI, and LVEDVI) to TKB. Each path has a coefficient representing the standardized coefficient of a regressing independent variable on a dependent variable of the relevant path. These variables represent the standardized regression coefficient (direct effect) (underlined portions indicate remarkable values) and squared multiple correlation (in narrow italics). T-Bil total-bilirubin, CRP C-reactive protein, FBS fasting blood sugar, HDL high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG triglyceride, BNP B-type natriuretic peptide, LVEDP left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, LVESVI left ventricular end-systolic volume index, LVEDVI left ventricular end-diastolic volume index.

• 

  Figure 3. Bayesian structure equation modeling. Frequency polygons were described by the marginal posterior distributions of the estimates. The two-dimensional plot of the bivariate posterior density shows the relationship between the bivariate marginal posterior plots. From light to dark, the 3 shades of gray represent 50%, 90%, and 95% reliable regions, respectively. BNP B-type natriuretic peptide, LVEDP left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, LVESVI left ventricular end-systolic volume index, LVEDVI left ventricular end-diastolic volume index.