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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 12.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cardiol. 2002 Apr;83(1):1–9. doi: 10.1016/s0167-5273(02)00018-9

Table 4. Relation of LV mass and pulse wave velocity to risk factors for CHD: unadjusted Pearson correlation coefficients.

LV mass (g) LV mass/BSA (g/m2) Pulse wave velocity (m/s)
Aorto-radial Aorto-femoral Femoro-popliteal-posterior tibial
Glucose
Fasting 0.19** 0.17** 0.04 0.15* 0.15**
30 minutes 0.17** 0.08 0.16 0.15 0.15**
120 minutes 0.23** 0.13** 0.06 0.10 0.16*
Insulin
Fasting 0.26** 0.13* 0.10 0.16 0.12
30 minutes 0.09 -0.02 0.14* 0.12 <0.01
120 minutes 0.20** 0.07 0.12* 0.11 0.15*
Proinsulin 0.37** 0.21** 0.22* 0.26* 0.15*
32-33 split proinsulin 0.27** 0.11 0.18* 0.22* 0.13
Lipids
Total cholesterol 0.13* 0.05 0.05 0.10 0.06
LDL cholesterol 0.12* 0.05 0.02 0.05 0.02
HDL-cholesterol -0.22** -0.16* - 0.07 0.01 - 0.07
Triglycerides 0.29** 0.20** 0.16 0.16 0.16**
Central obesity
Waist/hip ratio 0.47** 0.27** 0.38* 0.29** 0.09
SS/TR 0.21 0.13 0.23 0.10 0.06
Clotting factors
Fibrinogen -0.07 -0.06 - 0.05 0.06 <0.01
Factor VII 0.06 0.02 0.04 0.09 0.09
*

p <0.05

**

p <0.01

p values adjusted for age and sex; PWV values also adjusted for BSA.