Table 5 Associations (Correlation Coefficients) between Cardiac Outcomes and Adiposity
From: Cardiac remodeling and dysfunction in childhood obesity: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study
BMI z-score | EAT | VAT | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unadjusted | Adjusted a | Unadjusted | Adjusted b | Unadjusted | Adjusted | |
Geometry | ||||||
LVMI | 0.69** | 0.71** | 0.39** | 0.43** | 0.50** | 0.54** |
Average thickness | 0.43** | 0.46** | 0.47** | 0.48** | 0.42** | 0.57** |
Function | ||||||
EF | 0.003 | −0.008 | −0.27* | −0.24* | −0.09 | −0.11 |
E/A | −0.04 | −0.01 | −0.03 | −0.01 | −0.11 | −0.07 |
E/E’ | −0.02 | −0.02 | −0.05 | −0.08 | −0.07 | −0.08 |
Peak strain | ||||||
Circumferential | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.29* | 0.29* | 0.22 | 0.28* |
Radial | −0.03 | −0.06 | −0.03 | −0.02 | −0.10 | −0.14 |
Longitudinal | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.40** | 0.36* | 0.31* | 0.30 |