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

Table 3 Multivariate stepwise linear regression analysis for epicardial adipose tissue

	B	SRC	t	P value	95% CI for B
	B	SRC	t	P value	Lower bound	Upper bound
Age	0.029	0.229	3.578	<0.001	0.013	0.046
Triglyceride level	0.008	0.262	3.737	<0.001	0.004	0.012
Body mass index	0.156	0.315	4.774	<0.001	0.092	0.221
Diagnosis of MS	0.741	0.197	2.734	0.007	0.205	1.278
IVS thickness	−0.028	−0.026	−0.186	0.853	−0.324	0.269
PW thickness	0.226	0.193	1.313	0.191	−0.114	0.566
LVM	−0.006	−0.165	−1.181	0.240	−0.016	0.004
Left atrial diameter	0.088	0.222	2.724	0.007	0.024	0.151

Dependent variable: Epicardial adipose tissue thickness, B = coefficient of regression, CI = confidence interval, IVS = interventricular septum, LVM = left ventricular mass, MS = Metabolic Syndrome, PW = posterior wall, SRC = standardized regression coefficient (r² = 0.405).

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