Table 5.

Correlation of echocardiographic measurements regarding diastolic functions and vertical epicardial adipose tissue thickness.

	Vertical EAT
	Correlation	P
E	−0.303	0.054
e’	−0.251	0.109
E/A	−0.418	0.006*
E/e’	0.107	0.504
Tei Index	0.194	0.213

EAT – epicardial adipose tissue thickness. E – peak mitral flow velocity of early rapid filling wave; A – late filling velocity of e’: Tissue Doppler velocity averaged from septal annulus.

^*p<0.05=statistically significant.