Table 3.

Association between BMI and global circumferential systolic strain among JHS cardiac MRI ancillary study participants.

Model	Covariates	β (95% CI)	P
1	age, sex, DM, smoke, HTN*, TG, HR, CVD	0.089 (0.066,0.112)	<0.0001
2	Model 1 + eGFR	0.072 (0.050,0.095)	<0.0001
3	Model 2 + LVEF	0.080 (0.059,0.102)	<0.0001
4	Model 2 + LVEF and LV mass	0.052 (0.028,0.075)	<0.0001
5	Model 3 + LVRI	0.052 (0.030,0.074)	<0.0001

Data presented with BMI β coefficient. Global circumferential systolic strain (Ecc) is measured on a negative scale, thus a positive β coefficient reflects worse strain.

^*HTN used instead of systolic blood pressure and BP medication status due to >5% missing data for those variables. Models were created using these parameters with no change in the association. CVD: cardiovascular disease history, DM: diabetes, EF: ejection fraction, HR: heart rate, HTN: hypertension, LVRI: LV remodeling index, smoke: ever smoked, TG: triglycerides.