Table 2. Correlations.

		LVM	LVMI	PWT	IVST	LVESD	LVEDD
Age	r value	0.092	0.166	0.105	0.156	0.001	−0.036
	p value	0.301	0.06	0.235	0.077	0.994	0.683
Systolic blood pressure	r value	0.103	0.119	0.163	0.164	−0.103	−0.035
	p value	0.244	0.179	0.064	0.063	0.25	0.694
Diastolic blood pressure	r value	0.03	−0.005	0.138	0.067	−0.046	−0.039
	p value	0.732	0.953	0.119	0.449	0.609	0.663
Mean blood pressure	r value	0.056	0.054	0.143	0.11	−0.136	−0.034
	p value	0.526	0.543	0.105	0.215	0.129	0.703
BMI	r value	0.12	−0.087	0.122	0.1	0.15	0.099
	p value	0.25	0.407	0.24	0.338	0.156	0.343
Fasting glucose	r value	0.111	0.178a	0.142	0.069	0.038	0.065
	p value	0.212	0.044	0.109	0.439	0.669	0.465
Creatinine	r value	0.123	0.09	0.194a	0.184a	−0.028	−0.018
	p value	0.165	0.31	0.028	0.037	0.755	0.839
HDL cholesterol	r value	−0.248b	−0.15	−0.173a	−0.067	−0.287b	−0.246b
	p value	0.005	0.089	0.05	0.452	0.001	0.005
LDL cholesterol	r value	−0.076	−0.051	0.009	−0.004	−0.129	−0.11
	p value	0.401	0.576	0.924	0.963	0.16	0.226
Triglycerides	r value	0.02	−0.029	0.005	0.039	0.051	0.022
	p value	0.826	0.746	0.953	0.664	0.574	0.802
Hs-CRP	r value	0.049	0.043	0.099	0.065	−0.009	−0.001
	p value	0.584	0.629	0.264	0.467	0.924	0.992
Homocysteine	r value	0.163	0.128	0.278a	0.206	0.013	−0.053
	p value	0.171	0.285	0.018	0.082	0.912	0.659
Urine MA	r value	0.092	0.093	0.200a	0.155	−0.003	−0.067
	p value	0.302	0.296	0.024	0.08	0.976	0.451
Endothelin	r value	0.267a	0.262a	0.211	0.056	0.019	0.174
	p value	0.017	0.019	0.061	0.625	0.867	0.123
HbA1C	r value	−0.086	−0.068	−0.005	−0.001	−0.146	−0.114
	p value	0.445	0.547	0.962	0.993	0.204	0.312
HOMA-IR	r value	0.052	−0.038	0.016	−0.068	0.0214	0.138
	p value	0.643	0.735	0.888	0.544	0.060	0.219
Aldosterone	r value	0.180a	0.159	0.158	0.065	0.028	0.181a
	p value	0.042	0.071	0.073	0.463	0.759	0.04
Renin	r value	−0.131	−0.13	−0.066	−0.032	−0.164	−0.144
	p value	0.138	0.142	0.458	0.723	0.066	0.104

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CC, calcium channel; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance; hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; IVST, interventricular septum thickness; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; LV, left ventricular; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD, left ventricular end-systolic diameter; LVM, left ventricular mass; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; MA, microalbumin; PWT, posterior wall thickness.

^aCorrelation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed).

^bCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).