Table 3.

Spearman rank correlation coefficients between aortic Glu/Tau content and clinical variables.

	Glu	Tau
Age	−0.09	−0.14
BMI	0.24∗	0.18
eGFR	0.17	0.11
T-chol	−0.06	0.26∗∗
BNP	−0.06	−0.10
HbA1c	0.10	0.04
LAD	0.16	0.02
EF	0.06	0.08
Glu		0.57∗∗∗
Tau	0.57∗∗∗
Ucarr	0.32∗∗	0.22∗∗

BMI: body mass index, EF: ejection fraction, eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate, LAD: left atrial dimension, T-chol: total cholesterol.

^∗ p < 0.05,  ^∗∗ p < 0.01, ^∗∗∗ p < 0.001.