Table 3.

Association of body mass index with left ventricular mass index

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
Independent variable	Mean (95% CI)	P	Mean (95% CI)	P	Mean (95% CI)	P
Body mass index	−1.13 (−1.96, −0.30)	<0.01	−0.78 (−1.73, 0.17)	0.1	−0.21 (−1.12, 0.71)	0.7
Male gender			6.22 (−5.10, 17.54)	0.3	9.67 (−1.15, 20.50)	0.08
Diabetes mellitus			−16.97 (−27.20, −6.74)	<0.01	−24.26 (−34.21, −14.30)	<0.0001
Serum albumin (g/dL)			−20.95 (−32.23, −9.68)	<0.001	−15.98 (−26.82, −5.14)	<0.01
Urea reduction ratio (%)			−0.70 (−1.46, 0.06)	0.07	−0.56 (−1.29, 0.16)	0.1
Ambulatory systolic BP (mmHg)					0.70 (0.46, 0.95)	<0.0001