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Table 2.

Correlations of epicardial adipose tissue and serum lipids with study parameters

	EAT, mm		LDL, mg/dL		HDL, mg/dL		CIMT, mm, mean
Parameters	R	P^†	R	P^†	R	P^†	R	P^†
Age, years	0.259	<0.001	0.283	<0.001	0.168	0.001	0.467	<0.001
BMI, kg/m²	0.229	<0.001	0.068	0.174	0.018	0.713	0.106	0.031
Waist circumference, cm	0.539	<0.001	-0.035	0.536	-0.184	0.001	0.358	<0.001
Glucose, mg/dL	0.016	0.888	0.044	0.382	0.029	0.556	0.135	0.007
Creatinine, mg/dL	0.178	0.007	-0.010	0.845	-0.290	<0.001	0.176	0.001
T. Bilirubin, mg/dL	-0.075	0.262	-0.051	0.340	0.104	0.045	-0.079	0.130
Uric acid, mg/dL	0.298	<0.001	0.125	0.015	-0.288	<0.001	0.284	0.001
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	0.101	0.121	0.843	<0.001	0.155	0.002	0.087	0.083
LDL-cholesterol, mg/dL	0.099	0.132	–	–	0.177	<0.001	0.138	0.007
HDL-cholesterol, mg/dL	-0.132	0.043	0.154	0.002	–	–	-0.095	0.060
Triglycerides, mg/dL	0.133	0.041	-0.093	0.062	-0.482	<0.001	0.059	0.241
LDL/HDL ratio	0.150	0.022	–	–	–	–	0.163	0.001
TK/HDL ratio	0.181	0.005	–	–	–	–	0.135	0.007
CRP, mg/dL	0.322	<0.001	0.191	<0.001	-0.032	0.546	0.234	<0.001
CRP, log-transformed	0.349	<0.001	0.189	<0.001	-0.021	0.697	0.215	<0.001
ALT, U/L	0.150	0.021	0.090	0.079	-0.188	<0.001	0.065	0.198
GGT activity, U/L	0.198	0.003	0.058	0.275	-0.300	<0.001	0.158	0.003
Leukocytes, /mm³	0.057	0.388	-0.010	0.851	-0.232	<0.001	0.035	0.498
Monocyte, /mm³	0.119	0.070	-0.027	0.595	-0.197	<0.001	0.129	0.012
Hemoglobin, g/dL	0.110	0.094	-0.027	0.607	-0.326	<0.001	0.167	0.001
Platelets, 10³/mm³	0.096	0.148	0.051	0.323	0.059	0.244	-0.057	0.269
EAT, mm	–	–					0.623	<0.001
CIMT, mm, mean	0.623	<0.001	0.138	0.007	-0.095	0.060	–	–
Right, mm	0.612	<0.001	0.133	0.010	-0.090	0.073	–	–
Left, mm	0.630	<0.001	0.122	0.017	-0.106	0.035	–	–

ALT - alanine aminotransferase; BMI - body mass index; CIMT - carotid intima-media thickness; CRP - C-reactive protein; EAT - epicardial adipose tissue thickness; GGT - gamma-glutamyl transferase; HDL - high density lipoprotein; LDL - low density lipoprotein, TK - total cholesterol.

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Pearson&Spearmen tests were used to analyze the relationship between EAT and study variables where appropriate