Table 3.

Multivariate analysis showing the relationship between adiposity and LV diastolic function.

	E/A ratio			Em			E/Em ratio			Em/Am ratio
	β	SE	P	β	SE	P	β	SE	P	β	SE	P
Model 1
TBF	−0.034	0.009	<.001	−0.191	0.060	0.002	0.065	0.081	0.43	−0.046	0.010	<.0001
Model 2
VAT	−0.035	0.010	<.001	−0.245	0.066	<.001	0.085	0.089	0.34	−0.053	0.011	<.0001
Model 3
SAT	−0.026	0.009	0.004	−0.138	0.061	0.02	0.103	0.082	0.21	−0.038	0.010	<.001
Model 4
VAT	−0.028	0.011	0.01	−0.228	0.076	0.003	0.037	0.104	0.73	−0.044	0.013	<.001
SAT	−0.012	0.010	0.23	−0.031	0.070	0.66	0.086	0.095	0.37	−0.017	0.011	0.14

All adiposity measures were naturally log-transformed and then standardized to a mean of 0 and a SD of 1 to facilitate comparison of regression coefficients between different fat depots. Models were adjusted for age, race, gender, smoking, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, systolic blood pressure, antihypertensive medications, physical activity, heart rate and LV mass index. Variance inflation factor was < 2 in all models. SE= standard error; β= standardized coefficients. See Table 1 for other abbreviations.