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.