Table 5.

Pearson correlation analysis with echocardiographic characteristics of left ventricular hypertrophy as the dependent variable

Variables	Interventricular septum	LV posterior wall thickness	Relative wall thickness	LV mass	LV mass index
sST2	0.321**	0.315**	0.146**	0.361**	0.397**
NT-proBNP				0.186**	0.208*
HbA1c	0.165**	0.156**	0.123**
Age					0.115*
BMI	0.265**	0.250**		0.305**
SBP	0.131*	0.144*	0.112**	0.123**	0.183**
Grade	0.164*	0.160**	0.133**		0.176**
Duration					0.170**

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, glycosylated hemoglobin; NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro brain-type natriuretic peptide; SBP, systolic blood pressure; sST2, soluble stimulating factor 2.

*P < 0.05.

**P < 0.001.