Table 3.

Correlation coefficients of left ventricular diastolic function and potential determinants assessed with simple linear regression analysis (Pearson or Spearman)

	Control group (n = 27)			Patient group (n = 67)
	E/A	DT	IVRT	E/A	DT	IVRT
Sex	−0.04	0.05	0.11	0.11	0.09	−0.05
Age	−0.37*	0.35*	0.39*	−0.25*	0.31*	0.36*
Heart rate	0.03	−0.03	0.03	0.03	−0.12	0.04
LVMI	−0.28	0.48**	0.41*	−0.12	0.31*	0.29
EF	0.33*	−0.23	0.16	−0.09	−0.05	0.02
Mean BP	−0.16	0.15	0.38*	0.20	0.03	0.28
Aortic strain	0.39*	−0.37*	−0.49**	0.51**	−0.40**	−0.57**
Distensibility	0.51**	−0.50**	−0.36*	0.38*	−0.36*	−0.53**

*p<0.05; **p<0.001.