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. 2011 Dec 9;6(12):e28410. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028410

Table 3. Association between MBF measures and pericardial fat after multivariate adjustment.

Model Men (n = 121) Women (n = 93)
β±SE P-value β±SE P-value
Resting MBF (ml/min/g)a 0.016±0.021 0.46 0.083±0.031 0.008
Plus BMI 0.030±0.025 0.23 0.059±0.037 0.12
Plus waist circumference 0.024±0.024 0.31 0.074±0.034 0.03
Plus waist-to-hip ratio 0.024±0.024 0.33 0.081±0.031 0.01
Plus resting RPP −0.013±0.018 0.47 0.044±0.024 0.07
Hyperemic MBF (ml/min/g)a 0.042±0.073 0.56 0.067±0.105 0.52
Plus BMI 0.062±0.070 0.38 0.070±0.127 0.58
Plus waist circumference 0.069±0.084 0.42 0.090±0.119 0.45
Plus waist-to-hip ratio 0.005±0.081 0.95 0.062±0.108 0.56
Plus hyperemic RPP 0.029±0.070 0.68 −0.013±0.101 0.89
Perfusion Reservea −0.002±0.088 0.98 −0.147±0.094 0.12
Plus BMI −0.019±0.102 0.85 −0.040±0.112 0.72
Plus waist circumference −0.033±0.098 0.74 −0.086±0.106 0.45
Plus waist-to-hip ratio −0.056±0.099 0.57 −0.146±0.097 0.14
Plus hyperemic RPP −0.0004±0.089 1.00 −0.162±0.098 0.10

Table values are regression coefficients (β) ± standard errors (SE) per 1-SD unit increment in pericardial fat: 57.5 cm3 in men and 31.3 cm3 in women.

a

Model is adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, education, smoking, LDL and HDL cholesterol, statins, diastolic blood pressure, anti-hypertensive medications, HRT (in women), C-reactive protein, diabetes, and coronary calcium. Abbreviations as in Table 1.