Table 4. Independent predictors of pericardial fat volume for HIV-patients and controls.

		β coefficient	SE	β coefficient(standardized)	p-value*
HIV-patients
	Abdominal circumference (cm)	4.7	1.5	0.37	0.002
	BMI (kg/m2)	9.4	4.6	0.24	0.04
	Age (yr)	4.4	1.3	0.27	0.001
Controls
	Abdominal circumference (cm)	4.1	1.0	0.47	0.002
	BMI (kg/m2)	6.5	2.9	0.23	0.03
	Age (yr)	1.7	0.9	0.14	0.06

^*) Multivariate linear regression model. The following additional parameters were included in the initial model but excluded during stepwise backwards elimination of least significant parameters: plasma glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking (cigarettes/day), HIV duration^#, ART duration^#, CD4^#, CD4 nadir^#, and HIV RNA^#. #) Only analysis of HIV-patients.