Table 4. Correlations between measures of adiposity and left ventricular deformation adjusted for systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

		Body Mass Index		Waist Circumference
		β	p	β	p
Longitudinal deformation	Strain	-0.29	0.17	-1.22	0.027*
	SRs	-7.05	0.09	-25.52	0.020*
	SRe	-4.76	0.017*	-15.07	0.004*
	SRa	10.55	0.05	26.50	0.07
Circumferential deformation	Strain	-0.50	0.006*	-1.28	0.007*
	SRs	-6.05	0.06	-16.26	0.05
	SRe	-2.64	0.17	-8.53	0.09
	SRa	0.46	0.92	-0.79	0.95
Radial deformation	Strain	-0.02	0.61	-0.03	0.80
	SRs	2.66	0.12	4.79	0.29
	SRe	1.13	0.32	2.99	0.31
	SRa	3.63	0.002*	9.30	0.002*

Abbreviations as in Table 2.

*statistically significant