. 2022 Sep 6;12(9):e039207. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039207

Table 3.

Correlation between ARD parameters and metabolic variables

	ARD (cm)				ARD/BSA (cm/m²)				ARD/height (cm/m)
	Women		Men		Women		Men		Women		Men
	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value
Age (years)	0.136	<0.001	0.061	<0.001	0.280	<0.001	0.269	<0.001	0.244	<0.001	0.160	<0.001
BMI (kg/m²)	0.248	<0.001	0.201	<0.001	−0.365	<0.001	−0.387	<0.001	0.247	<0.001	0.190	<0.001
SBP (mm Hg)	0.150	<0.001	0.156	<0.001	0.044	0.002	0.057	<0.001	0.204	<0.001	0.184	<0.001
DBP (mm Hg)	0.120	<0.001	0.131	<0.001	−0.048	<0.001	−0.036	0.016	0.125	<0.001	0.117	<0.001
Heart rate (bpm)	−0.050	<0.001	−0.014	0.362	0.024	0.075	0.007	0.655	−0.016	0.234	−0.001	0.921
TC (mmol/L)	0.053	<0.001	−0.001	0.945	0.041	0.003	−0.050	0.001	0.100	<0.001	0.011	0.463
TG (mmol/L)	0.108	<0.001	0.091	<0.001	−0.050	<0.001	−0.155	<0.001	0.131	<0.001	0.067	<0.001
LDL-C(mmol/L)	0.047	0.001	0.028	0.063	−0.020	0.147	−0.096	<0.001	0.090	<0.001	0.038	0.012
HDL-C (mmol/L)	−0.071	<0.001	−0.041	0.006	0.101	<0.001	0.178	<0.001	−0.044	0.002	−0.007	0.633
FPG (mmol/L)	0.080	<0.001	0.046	0.002	−0.009	0.527	−0.037	0.012	0.096	<0.001	0.051	0.001
UA (mmol/L)	0.119	<0.001	0.050	0.001	−0.035	0.012	−0.153	<0.001	0.118	<0.001	0.005	0.716
eGFR (mi/min/1.73 m²)	−0.094	<0.001	−0.004	0.781	−0.146	<0.001	−0.046	0.002	−0.125	<0.001	−0.041	0.007
RWT	0.067	<0.001	0.036	0.014	0.105	<0.001	0.064	<0.001	0.124	<0.001	0.077	<0.001
LV mass (g)	0.291	<0.001	0.273	<0.001	−0.042	0.002	−0.017	0.251	0.256	<0.001	0.233	<0.001
LV mass/BSA (g/m²)	0.194	<0.001	0.189	<0.001	0.210	<0.001	0.219	<0.001	0.266	<0.001	0.250	<0.001
LV mass/height ^2.7 (g/m^2.7)	0.228	<0.001	0.239	<0.001	0.140	<0.001	0.151	<0.001	0.356	<0.001	0.318	<0.001

ARD, aortic root diameter; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; BSA, body surface area; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LV, left ventricular; RWT, relative wall thickness; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; UA, uric acid.