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

Table 3 Multivariate analysis showing parameters associated with LV diastolic function

Parameters	Exp (B)	95% confidence interval	p-value
Patients with metabolic syndrome
EAT by echocardiography, mm	1.845	1.153-2.951	0.011
Age, years	1.090	1.037-1.146	0.001
SBP, mmHg	1.034	1.000-1.069	0.051
BMI, kg/m2	1.002	0.832-1.206	0.986
Glucose, mg/dL	1.001	0.987-1.015	0.921
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL	0.999	0.985-1.013	0.847
Patients without metabolic syndrome
EAT by echocardiography, mm	0.667	0.411-1.082	0.101
Age, years	1.105	1.057-1.154	<0.001
SBP, mmHg	1.037	1.007-1.068	0.015
BMI, kg/m2	1.175	1.006-1.371	0.041
Glucose, mg/dL	1.017	0.998-1.037	0.085
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL	0.993	0.979-1.007	0.302

BMI; body mass index, EAT; epicardial adipose tissue, LDL; low-density lipoprotein, SBP; systolic blood pressure

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