Table 2. Linear regression analysis to examine the clinical factors related to the normalized TNF-α expression in EAT.
| Variables | Univariate |
Multivariate |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | p value | β | p value | |
| Age (years) | 0.02 | 0.87 | ||
| Male sex | 0.31 | 0.031 | 0.28 | 0.088 |
| Hypertension | 0.16 | 0.29 | ||
| Hyperlipidemia | 0.07 | 0.62 | ||
| Diabetes mellitus | 0.13 | 0.38 | ||
| Current smoking | 0.16 | 0.28 | ||
| Statin use | −0.15 | 0.33 | ||
| Candidate for CABG | 0.09 | 0.57 | ||
| VAT area (cm2) | −0.05 | 0.76 | ||
| EAT volume (ml) | −0.08 | 0.60 | ||
| NCP presence | 0.34 | 0.019 | 0.79 | 0.003 |
CABG, coronary artery bypass graft surgery; EAT, epicardial adipose tissue; NCP, non-calcified coronary plaque; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.