Table 2.

Bivariate linear regression for associations with cardiac steatosis and function in the overall cohort of study participants (n = 18).

Outcome	Predictor	Parameter estimate	Statistical significance
Myocardial fat, %	Age, years	0.056	P = 0.012
	Hepatic fat, %	0.099	P = 0.013
	Fasting glucose, mg/dl	0.095	P < 0.001
	Visceral fat/BSA	0.013	NS
	Serum triglyceride level, mg/dl	–0.0007	NS
	Duration of ART, years	0.042	NS
Strain relaxation index, ms	Age, years	0.021	NS
	ECV, %	0.157	P = 0.017
	EDM/BSA	0.033	NS
	EDM/EDV	–0.575	NS
Peak circumferential systolic strain, Ecc	Age, years	0.111	NS
	EDM/BSA	0.163	P = 0.036
	EDM/EDV	18.69	P < 0.01

BSA, body surface area; ART, antiretroviral therapy; ECV, extracellular volume fraction; EDM, end diastolic mass; EDV, end diastolic volume; NS, no significant association (P > 0.05).