Table 6.
Cardiac mechanics parameter | Subgroup | Waist:hip ratio | |
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| |||
β-Coefficient (95% CI) | P-value | ||
Early diastolic (e’) velocity, cm/s | Male (n=909) | −0.29 (−0.42, −0.16) | <0.001 |
Female (n=1272) | −0.09 (−0.16, −0.01) | 0.02 |
BMI, body-mass index; CI, confidence interval. Beta-coefficients are per 1-SD increase in waist circumference.
Adjusted for age, sex, race, physical activity (average number of blocks walked per day), body-mass index, systolic blood pressure, heart rate, smoking status, serum fasting glucose, total cholesterol, estimated glomerular filtration rate, anti-hypertensive medication use, left ventricular mass, wall motion abnormalities, ejection fraction, center, speckle-tracking analyst, and image quality.