Table 4.

Univariable and multivariable regression analysis describing the relationship between traditional cardiac risk factors, EAT and LVM

	Univariable analysis			Multivariable analysis
	β	95 % CI	p value	β	95 % CI	p value
All patients (R 2 = 0.61)
Male gender	44.3	38.3 to 50.2	<0.001	40.7	35.2 to 46.3	<0.001
Age	0.29	−0.74 to 0.17	0.21			NS
BMI	2.74	1.77 to 3.71	<0.001	1.61	0.85 to 2.37	<0.001
Diabetes	12.4	0.77 to 24.1	0.04			NS
Hypertension	7.20	−1.78 to 16.2	0.12			NS
Hypercholesterolaemia	1.47	−7.92 to 10.9	0.76			NS
Smoking	5.60	−3.06 to 14.3	0.20	6.29	0.79 to 11.8	0.03
Family history of CAD	5.10	−13.6 to 3.44	0.24			NS
EAT	0.27	0.19 to 0.35	<0.001	0.10	0.04 to 0.17	<0.01
CAC	0.01	−0.01 to 0.02	0.42			NS
Nonobese patients (R 2 = 0.65)
Male gender	40.2	30.0 to 50.4	<0.001	30.9	22.0 to 39.8	<0.001
Age	0.58	−1.23 to 0.12	0.11	−0.54	−0.98 to 0.10	0.02
BMI	5.56	1.79 to 9.33	<0.01			NS
Diabetes	32.4	−66.4 to 1.62	0.06			NS
Hypertension	1.08	−16.0 to 18.2	0.90			NS
Hypercholesterolaemia	1.41	−19.5 to 16.7	0.88			NS
Smoking	21.1	8.1 to 34.1	<0.01	13.4	4.84 to 21.9	<0.01
Family history of CAD	9.76	−23.4 to 3.85	0.16			NS
EAT	0.30	0.16 to 0.45	<0.001	0.23	0.12 to 0.34	<0.001
CAC	0.00	−0.02 to 0.02	0.72			NS
Obese patients (R 2 = 0.59)
Male gender	45.0	38.0 to 52.1	< 0.001	44.2	37.4 to 51.0	< 0.001
Age	0.19	−0.75 to 0.38	0.52			NS
BMI	2.43	0.94 to 3.91	< 0.01	2.03	1.04 to 3.03	< 0.001
Diabetes	13.0	052 to 25.5	0.04			NS
Hypertension	5.15	−5.51 to 15.8	0.34			NS
Hypercholesterolaemia	1.86	−12.84 to 9.12	0.74			NS
Smoking	2.19	−13.0 to 8.61	0.69			NS
Family history of CAD	5.10	−15.7 to 5.52	0.34			NS
EAT	0.22	0.12 to 0.33	< 0.001			NS
CAC	0.01	−0.01 to 0.03	0.39			NS

CI confidence interval, BMI body mass index, CAD coronary artery disease, EAT epicardial adipose tissue, LVM left ventricular mass, CAC coronary artery calcium, NS not significant