Table 5.

Independent predictors of whole blood viscosity after stepwise multiple regression analysis

	Total r2 (%)	β	t	P
Waist circumference (cm)	50.7	0.229	3.171	0.003
Sex (male)	62.9	0.461	4.010	< 0.0001
Myocardial MrGlu (μmol/min/100 g)	72.7	− 0.400	− 3.350	0.002

Model including age, sex, BMI, waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, HDL, triglycerides, fasting plasma glucose, HbA1c, fasting plasma insulin, Insulin-stimulated glucose disposal, myocardial glucose metabolism, white blood cells and fibrinogen