Table 2.

Associations between pericardial adipose tissue and cardiometabolic risk factors.

	Pericardial Adipose Tissue
Variable	Combined	Women	Men
BMI	0.76*	0.73*	0.78*
Diastolic blood pressure	NS	−0.57#	NS
Glucose	0.56#†	0.59#†	NS
LDL cholesterol	−0.54#†	NS	−0.56#†
HDL cholesterol	−0.57*†	−0.69*†	NS
Triglycerides	0.58*	0.62*†	NS
Abdominal circumference	0.78*†	0.74 *†	0.80 *†
Visceral adipose tissue	0.84*†	0.83*†	0.85*†
Subcutaneous adipose tissue	0.67*†	0.70*	0.73*

Analyses were controlled for age, history of prior malignancy, and use of medication.

Presented are r values.

^*p<0.001,

^#p <0.05, NS: non-significant,

^†p<0.05 after controlling for BMI

Systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol were not significant in any category