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Table 3.

Univariate correlation analysis between cardiac fat compartments and left ventricular dimensions and function adjusted for age

	Myocardial TG content	Epicardial fat	Pericardial fat
Fat depots
Myocardial TG content	-	0.273^*	0.297^*
Epicardial fat	0.273^*	-	0.691^‡a
Pericardial fat	0.297^*	0.691^‡a	-
Systolic function and dimensions
LV ejection fraction (%)	0.019	−0.052	0.019
LV end-systolic volume/Body surface area (mL/ m²)	−0.257^*	−0.312^†	−0.337^†a
LV stroke volume/Body surface area (mL/m²)	−0.275^*	−0.413^‡a	−0.370^†a
LV mass/Body surface area (g/m²)	−0.024	−0.235^*	−0.225
LV mass/LV end-diastolic volume (g/mL)	0.313^†	0.279^*	0.255^*
LV global functional index (%)	−0.219	−0.246^*	−0.178
Diastolic function and dimensions
LV end-diastolic volume/Body surface area (ml/m²)	−0.303^†	−0.419^‡a	−0.403^‡a
Peak Filling Rate (mL/s)	−0.115	−0.307^†	−0.329^†a
Peak Filling Rate/LV end-diastolic volume (s^-1)	−0.102	−0.281^*	0.297^*
LV early diastole (%)	−0.424^†	−0.438^†	−0.462^‡

^*p<0.05, ^†p<0.01, ^‡p<0.001, without Bonferroni correction.

^ap<0.005 with Bonferroni correction.

LV, left ventricular.