Epicardial adipose tissue thickness and plasma homocysteine in patients with metabolic syndrome and normal coronary arteries

Table 2 Results of univariate correlation analysis for epicardial adipose tissue thickness and homocysteine levels

Variables	EAT thickness		Plasma homocysteine level
Variables	r	P value	r	P value
Plasma homocysteine level	0.584	<0.001	-	-
EAT thickness	-	-	0.584	<0.001
Body mass index	0.423	<0.001	0.261	0.001
Triglyceride level	0.383	<0.001	0.335	<0.001
Weight	0.354	<0.001	0.243	0.003
Age	0.297	<0.001	0.206	0.012
Waist circumference	0.280	0.001	0.161	0.049
HDL cholesterol level	−0.218	0.007	−0.394	<0.001
Systolic blood pressure	0.149	NS	0.352	<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure	0.076	NS	0.266	0.001
Fasting plasma glucose	0.139	NS	0.039	NS
Ventricular septum thickness	0.190	0.020	0.139	NS
Posterior wall thickness	0.249	0.002	0.156	NS
Left ventricular mass	0.219	0.007	0.126	NS
Left atrial diameter	0.267	0.001	0.148	NS

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