Table 2. Correlation Between Hs-cTnT, WBPT and Clinical Parameters in Hs-cTnT Detectable Patients.

	r
	Log-hs-cTnT	WBPT
Sex (female = 0, male = 1)	0.04	0.06
Age	0.19**	0.03
Body mass index	0.14*	0.18**
Current smoker (no = 0, yes = 1)	0.07	0.20**
Hypertension (no = 0, yes = 1)	0.12*	0.13*
Systolic BP	0.08	0.10
Diastolic BP	0.06	0.08
Dyslipidemia (no = 0, yes = 1)	-0.03	-0.01
Total cholesterol	-0.04	0.08
LDL cholesterol	-0.05	0.07
Triglyceride	-0.03	0.21**
HDL cholesterol	-0.07	-0.09
FBG	0.07	0.11
IRI	0.05	0.07
HOMA-IR	0.06	0.10
Hemoglobin A1c	0.13*	0.13*
Skin AF	0.32***	0.36***
White blood cell	0.06	0.13*
Hematocrit	0.05	0.20**
Platelet	0.03	0.08
eGFR	-0.19**	-0.14*
Cornell voltage	0.22***	0.10
Log-BNP	0.35***	0.07
d-ROMs test	0.30***	0.40***
CAVI	0.41***	0.42***
Sulfonylurea (no = 0, yes = 1)	-0.05	-0.08
Metformin (no = 0, yes = 1)	-0.03	-0.03
DPP-4 inhibitor (no = 0, yes = 1)	-0.05	-0.06
Insulin (no = 0, yes = 1)	-0.05	-0.06
RAS inhibitor (no = 0, yes = 1)	-0.09	-0.07
Statin (no = 0, yes = 1)	-0.07	-0.09

r expressed correlation coefficient. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. hs-cTnT: high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T; BP: blood pressure; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; FBG: fasting blood glucose; IRI: immunoreactive insulin; HOMA-IR: homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; AF: autofluorescence; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; BNP: brain natriuretic peptide; d-ROMs: derivatives of reactive oxygen metabolites; CAVI: cardio-ankle vascular index; WBPT: whole blood passage time; DPP: dipeptidyl peptidase; RAS: renin-angiotensin system.