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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2010 Feb 13;21(5):332–338. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2009.10.010

Table 3.

Gender-stratified regression models for the association between pericardial fat and carotid stiffness, after adjustments for demographics, behavioral factors, BP, metabolic factors, medications, BMI, and waist circumference

Men Women
β±SE P-value β±SE P-value
Young’s Modulus
  Pericardial fat 38.3±13.9 0.006 50.2±18.5 0.007
  BMI −55.5±33.4 0.10 2.1±20.6 0.92
  Waist circumference 9.9±31.9 0.76 −6.2±20.4 0.76
Distensibility Coefficient
  Pericardial fat −0.00005±0.00002 0.02 0.00003±0.00003 0.29
  BMI −0.00002±0.00005 0.73 −0.00006±0.00003 0.07
  Waist circumference −0.00001±0.00005 0.77 −0.00004±0.00003 0.14

Table values are regression coefficient ± SE reported per 1 SD unit increment in fat measure. The population SD was used as follows: pericardial fat, 41.91 cm3; BMI, 5.35 kg/m2; and waist circumference, 14.23 cm.