Table 4

Summary of multilevel linear mixed-effects models for cardiac output, heart rate and stroke volume

Cardiac outputHeart rateStroke volume
VariableEstimate (SE)Estimate (SE)
Fixed partEstimate (SE)p ValueFixed partp ValueFixed partp Value
Intercept−7.57 (3.03)0.012121.52 (22.89)<0.001−132.3844 (40.88)0.001
Time−0.04 (0.05)0.398−1.55 (0.44)<0.0010.70 (0.59)0.239
Age−0.02 (0.02)0.202−0.23 (0.15)0.1330.036 (0.28)0.898
Height0.04 (0.03)0.174−0.09 (0.25)0.7120.96 (0.45)0.033
Weight−0.01 (0.03)0.7870.204 (0.29)0.4950.23 (0.533)0.664
BSA4.45 (3.84)0.246−13.07 (29.00)0.65314.36 (51.68)0.781
Parous—previous PE0.79 (0.31)0.0122.97 (2.38)0.2134.45 (4.26)0.296
Parous—no previous PE0.70 (0.34)0.0383.97 (2.57)0.11232.01 (4.59)0.661
Ethnicity−0.008 (0.06)0.8840.32 (0.45)0.481−0.26 (0.82)0.751
Random part
Variances (expressed in SD) due to random effects
Random part
Variances (expressed in SD) due to random effects
Random part
Variances (expressed in SD) due to random effects
Individual SD, estimate (SE)1.120924 (0.0871327)8.245412 (0.6776951)15.42569 (1.153087)
Residual SD, estimate (SE)0.7596877 (0.0358327)6.585155 (0.3094017)8.85682 (0.418325)
Model specificationsModel specificationsModel specifications
Log likelihood−522.56485 (p<0.001)−1239.7218 (p=0.01)−1364.1167 (p<0.001)
AIC1067.132501.4442750.233
BIC1109.4092543.7862792.512
LR test for random part (null hypothesis: variance due to random effects=0)p<0.001p<0.001p<0.001
  • The variables are presented as estimates and SEs.

  • AIC, Akaike information criterion; BIC, Bayesian information criterion; BSA, body surface area; LR, likelihood ratio; PE, pre-eclampsia.