Table 3.

Multivariate linear regression for appendicular skeletal mass and fat mass as dependent variables

	ASM		Fat mass
	Standardized beta	P	Standardized beta	P
Age (years)	−0.289	<0.001	−0.389	<0.001
Male	0.236	<0.001	−0.292	<0.001
Height squared	0.460	<0.001	0.118	0.101
Hypertension	0.073	0.008	0.055	0.216
Diabetes	0.029	0.309	0.083	0.077
Coronary artery disease	0.024	0.423	0.103	0.033
Atrial fibrillation	0.016	0.596	−0.001	0.983
NYHA class	−0.035	0.210	0.080	0.081
Haemoglobin (g/dL)	0.069	0.057	0.211	<0.001
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.018	0.518	0.060	0.194
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.022	0.424	0.022	0.635
Lymphocyte	0.010	0.735	0.027	0.565
Albumin (g/dL)	0.027	0.362	0.002	0.975
Log BNP	−0.041	0.160	−0.162	<0.001
LVEF (%)	0.150	<0.001	0.118	0.016
	Model adjusted R 2 = 0.73		Model adjusted R 2 = 0.29

ASM, appendicular skeletal mass; BNP, B‐type natriuretic peptide; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NYHA, New York Heart Association.