Table 2.

Correlations of VFA of APA patients with plasma aldosterone, renin, ARR and other clinical variables examined using Pearson’s correlation coefficients

	Univariate		Multivariate
	r	P value	Beta	P value
Age (years)	0.278	0.001	0.015	0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	0.522	<0.001	0.056	<0.001
Waist circumference (cm)	0.655	<0.001	0.020	<0.001
sBP (mm Hg)	0.024	0.775	_	_
Log ald (ng/dL)	−0.058	0.492	_	_
Log renin (ng/mL/hour)	0.167	0.048	_	_
log (ARR) (ng/dL per ng/ml/hour)	−0.168	0.047	_	_
Potassium (mmol/L)	0.216	0.010	_	_
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.003	0.972	_	_
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	0.193	0.022	_	_
HOMA-IR index	0.191	0.024	_	_
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)	−0.241	0.004	−0.004	0.010
Duration of HTN (years)	0.047	0.583	−0.015	0.020

Independent risks predicting preoperative VFA of APA patients by multiple linear regression model.

APA, aldosterone-producing adenoma; ARR, aldosterone-renin ratio; BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimate glomerular filtration rate; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance; HTN, hypertension; sBP, systolic blood pressure; VFA, visce fat area.