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Table 4 Association between plasma fibroblast growth factor 21 levels and clinical laboratory data

From: Fibroblast growth factor 21 is associated with widening QRS complex and prolonged corrected QT interval in patients with stable angina

Characteristic	Model 1		Model 2
Characteristic	r	P-value	β	P-value
Age	0.174	0.002	–	–
Male sex	− 0.069	0.217	–	–
Heart rate	0.184	0.001	0.155	0.006
PR interval	0.086	0.150	0.074	0.209
QRS duration	0.191	0.001	0.180	0.001
QT interval	0.038	0.500	0.024	0.667
Corrected QT interval	0.277	< 0.0001	0.247	< 0.0001
LVEF	− 0.127	0.035	− 0.094	0.125
Left ventricular mass index	0.126	0.089	0.130	0.083
Systolic blood pressure	− 0.023	0.681	− 0.041	0.472
Diastolic blood pressure	− 0.012	0.839	− 0.009	0.873
Body mass index	− 0.125	0.026	− 0.092	0.115
Waist circumference	− 0.040	0.551	− 0.045	0.513
Current smoking	− 0.176	0.002	− 0.167	0.007
Total-cholesterol	− 0.070	0.217	− 0.048	0.398
Triglycerides	0.058	0.299	0.112	0.052
HDL-cholesterol	− 0.041	0.462	− 0.050	0.368
LDL-cholesterol	− 0.168	0.003	− 0.155	0.006
Fasting glucose	0.180	0.001	0.170	0.002
HbA1c	0.149	0.016	0.152	0.014
Albumin	− 0.239	< 0.0001	− 0.204	0.001
Blood urea nitrogen	0.344	< 0.0001	0.331	< 0.0001
Creatinine	0.526	< 0.0001	0.522	< 0.0001
Estimated GFR	− 0.483	< 0.0001	− 0.566	< 0.0001
Hs-CRP	0.130	0.023	0.103	0.074
Adiponectin	0.256	< 0.0001	0.222	< 0.0001

Model 1: Pearson correlation coefficient. Model 2: Regression coefficient adjusted for age and sex. LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction; HDL high-density lipoprotein; LDL low-density lipoprotein; GFR glomerular filtration rate; Hs-CRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein

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