Table 3. Linear regression analysis for identifying independent associates of epicardial adipose tissue thickness in the patient group (n = 41).

Model	B ± SD	95% confidence interval for B		p value	B ± SD	95% confidence interval for B		p value
		Lower bound	Upper bound			Lower bound	Upper bound
Age (years)	0.241 ± 0.114	0.010	0.471	0.04*	0.216 ± 0.109	-0.005	0.437	0.06
Disease activity score-28	2.417 ± 1.143	0.104	4.730	0.04*	2.184 ± 1.004	0.148	4.219	0.04*
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm)	0.845 ± 0.662	-0.494	2.184	0.21	-	-	-	-

SD, standard deviation.

a Dependent variable: epicardial adipose tissue thickness (mm). * Denotes statistical significance.