Association of epicardial fat with left ventricular diastolic function in subjects with metabolic syndrome: assessment using 2-dimensional echocardiography

Table 2 Bivariate correlation analysis with E/E’ ratio

Parameter	Patients with metabolic syndrome		Patients without metabolic syndrome
Parameter	Correlation coefficient	p-value	Correlation coefficient	p-value
Age	0.412	<0.001	0.447	<0.001
SBP	0.296	<0.001	0.194	<0.001
DBP	0.032	0.548	0.078	0.008
PP	0.345	<0.001	0.194	<0.001
BMI	0.027	0.620	0.188	<0.001
WC	-0.034	0.527	0.181	<0.001
Glucose	0.089	0.098	0.165	<0.001
HbA1C	0.155	0.004	0.146	<0.001
T. cholesterol	-0.087	0.107	-0.014	0.629
Triglyceride	-0.017	0.757	0.026	0.381
HDL cholesterol	0.032	0.547	0.019	0.514
LDL cholesterol	-0.112	0.038	-0.036	0.228
hsCRP	-0.070	0.277	0.072	0.053
EAT by TTE	0.142	0.008	0.041	0.166
LVEF	0.080	0.137	0.046	0.120
LA size	0.266	<0.001	0.273	<0.001

BMI; body mass index, DBP; diastolic blood pressure, EAT; epicardial adipose tissue, HbA1C; glycated hemoglobin, HDL; high-density lipoprotein, hsCRP; high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, LA; left atrium, LVEF; left ventricular ejection fraction, LDL; low-density lipoprotein, PP; pulse pressure, SBP; systolic blood pressure, T.chol; total cholesterol, TTE; transthoracic echocardiography, WC; waist circumference.

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