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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 21.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cardiol. 2009 Jul 16;146(2):171–176. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.06.029

Table 3.

Univariate relationship of cardiovascular risk factors and covariates to left atrial (LA) volumes and indices.

Parameters LAVmax (ml) LAVmin (ml) LAVImax (ml/m2) LAVImin (ml/m2)

Continuous Pearson’s r p-value Pearson’s r p-value Pearson’s r p-value Pearson’s r p-value
Age, yrs 0.17 0.001 0.26 <0.0001 0.29 <0.0001 0.35 <0.0001
BMI, kg/m2 0.24 <0.0001 0.16 0.002 - -

Categorical mean ± SD p-value mean ± SD p-value mean ± SD p-value mean ± SD p-value

Men 100.3±29.4 0.003 60.7±23.6 0.0003 47.8±13.8 0.02 29.0±11.2 0.71
Women 92.2±22.3 52.9±17.2 51.2±11.9 29.4±9.8
Hypertension 101.3±30.2 0.02 62.0±25.2 0.003 50.4±14.7 0.12 30.8±12.3 0.02
No hypertension 94.6±24.7 54.9±18.5 48.1±12.0 27.9±9.2
Diabetes mellitus 112.7±35.0 0.003 72.5±34.6 0.003 54.0±16.2 0.03 34.7±16.3 0.02
No diabetes mellitus 95.4±25.5 55.9±18.7 48.4±12.6 28.4±9.5
Hyperlipidemia 101.4±28.6 0.02 61.8±25.0 0.01 51.2±14.4 0.01 31.2±12.8 0.004
No hyperlipidemia 94.7±26.1 55.2±18.9 47.6±12.2 27.7±8.7
History of CAD 110.9±36.8 0.01 73.4±34.5 0.002 56.0±18.1 0.01 36.9±16.9 0.002
No history of CAD 95.7±25.4 55.9±18.7 48.2±12.2 28.1±9.2
FH of premature CAD 98.3±29.1 0.72 58.8±23.0 0.64 47.9±13.2 0.32 28.6±11.0 0.63
No FH of CAD 97.1±26.7 57.6±21.4 49.5±13.2 29.3±10.6
History of LV dysfunction 130.9±40.9 0.01 89.9±41.4 0.01 62.5±20.8 0.03 42.9±21.0 0.03
No LV dysfunction 96.1±25.8 56.5±19.5 48.6±12.7 28.5±9.7
Smoker 97.0±28.1 0.76 57.6±21.9 0.82 48.8±14.0 0.68 28.9±10.8 0.74
Non-smoker 97.8±26.5 58.1±21.8 49.4±12.4 29.3±10.5
CAD (by CT) 102.0±29.9 0.0003 62.5±23.9 <0.0001 50.8±14.5 0.006 31.1±12.0 <0.0001
No CAD 92.1±23.0 52.5±17.8 47.1±11.3 26.8±8.3

Abbreviations as in Tables 1 and 2.