Table 2.

Associations between BNP or cTnT and clinical parameters

	BNP		cTnT
	r Value	p Value	r Value	p Value
Age	−0.02	0.81	0.08	0.38
IVST	0.31	0.0013	0.03	0.70
PWT	0.014	0.88	0.08	0.40
MWT	0.28	0.0039	0.15	0.11
LAD	0.14	0.13	0.18	0.06
LVEDD	−0.39	0.001	0.11	0.24
LVESD	−0.20	0.04	0.16	0.09
LVEF	−0.10	0.28	−0.12	0.20
Septal E/Ea	0.51	0.0001	0.06	0.51
Lateral E/Ea	0.41	0.0001	0.10	0.33
Max PG	0.06	0.52	−0.10	0.30
TRPG	0.08	0.43	−0.005	0.96

BNP, B-type natriuretic peptide; cTnT, cardiac troponin T; E/Ea, peak early transmitral filling velocity/peak early diastolic mitral annulus velocity on tissue Doppler imaging; IVST, interventricular septal thickness; LAD, left atrial diameter; LV, left ventricular; LVEDD, LV end-diastolic diameter; LVEF, LV ejection fraction; LVESD, LV end-systolic diameter; Max PG, maximum peak gradient in the left ventricle; MWT, maximum LV wall thickness; PWT, posterior wall thickness; TRPG, tricuspid regurgitation peak gradient.