Table 4. Correlation of variables with cardiac function.

	EF	E/A	E/Ea	Log-NT-proBNP
Age	0.038	0.003	−0.083	−0.093
Duration of DM	−0.326**	−0.389***	0.212*	0.233*
BMI	−0.050	0.050	0.056	0.053
SBP	0.083	0.026	−0.106	−0.075
HbA1ca	−0.337***	−0.277**	0.261**	0.203*
FBGa	−0.222*	−0.225*	0.211*	0.197*
TGa	−0.070	0.014	−0.141	0.089
TC	−0.072	−0.104	0.061	0.138
HDL-Ca	0.133	0.060	0.084	−0.091
LDL-C	−0.112	−0.176†	0.146	0.159†
Ang-(1–7)	0.342***	0.435***	−0.288**	−0.199*
Ang-II	−0.285**	−0.199*	0.194*	0.300**

^aSpearman’s rank correlation coefficients (ρ); others are Pearson’s correlation coefficients (γ).

^* p<0.05,

^** p<0.01,

^*** p<0.001 and ^† p<0.1.

EF, ejection fraction; E/A, ratio of early to late left ventricular filling velocity; E/Ea, ratio of early diastolic mitral inflow to annular velocity; NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide; DM, diabetes mellitus; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; FBG, fasting blood glucose; TG, triglycerides; TC, total cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.