Table 2.

Pearson’s correlation between the echocardiographic parameters and clinical data.

	E′		E/E′		E/A		LA volume index		LV mass index
	β	P	β	P	β	P	β	P	β	P
Age, year	−0.435	<0.001	0.462	<0.001	−0.421	<0.001	0.184	0.007	−0.063	0.355
WC, cm	−0.341	<0.001	0.270	0.001	−0.259	<0.001	0.030	0.658	0.152	0.026
SBP, mmHg	−0.344	<0.001	0.285	<0.001	−0.347	<0.001	0.117	0.086	0.300	<0.001
BMI, kg/m2	−0.305	<0.001	0.280	<0.001	−0.229	<0.001	0.050	0.461	0.204	0.003
VFA, cm2	−0.389	<0.001	0.293	<0.001	−0.379	<0.001	−0.027	0.686	0.026	0.696
HbA1c	−0.331	<0.001	0.271	<0.001	−0.289	<0.001	−0.004	0.944	−0.065	0.343
HOMA-IR	−0.153	0.025	0.112	0.103	−0.163	0.017	−0.044	0.515	0.001	0.991
Adiponectin, μg/ml	0.139	0.041	−0.017	0.796	0.049	0.473	0.062	0.367	−0.174	0.011
Creatinine, mg/dl	−0.128	0.060	−0.025	0.712	−0.029	0.664	−0.071	0.297	0.051	0.457
HDL-C, mg/dl	0.160	0.019	−0.075	0.272	0.085	0.216	−0.007	0.918	−0.050	0.465
Triglyceride, mg/dl	−0.139	0.043	0.061	0.373	−0.148	0.030	−0.095	0.164	0.046	0.498
Hemoglobin, mg/dl	−0.150	0.029	−0.050	0.466	−0.136	0.047	−0.232	0.001	0.034	0.618

WC, waist circumference; SBP. Systolic blood pressure; BMI, body mass index; VFA, visceral fat area; HbA1c, glycosylated hemoglobin; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.