Epicardial adipose tissue thickness is an indicator for coronary artery stenosis in asymptomatic type 2 diabetic patients: its assessment by cardiac magnetic resonance

Table 5 Subgroup analysis based on gender

	Male (n = 51)			Female (n = 49)
	Silent myocardial ischemia (n = 7)	No silent myocardial ischemia (n = 44)	*p value*	Silent myocardial ischemia (n = 7)	No silent myocardial ischemia (n = 7)	*p value*
Age (years)	59	55	0.339	58.5	61	0.585
Body-mass index (kg/m²)	26.6	25.3	0.444	28.8	25.0	0.016*
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.90	0.92	0.968	0.93	0.88	0.042*
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	136	135	0.870	135	126	0.225
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	81	77	0.203	73	73	0.932
DM duration (years)	6	6	0.725	12	5	0.183
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	6.4	6.4	0.367	5.5	6.4	0.121
Postprandial glucose (mmol/L)	13.2	11.7	0.698	15.1	12.7	0.198
HbA1c (%)	6.9	6.8	0.989	7.4	6.95	0.069
GA (%)	15.6	15.5	0.942	18.6	15.5	0.096
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	3.9	4.2	0.511	4.4	4.3	0.51
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	2.3	2.3	0.989	2.7	2.5	0.566
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.1	1.1	0.799	1.2	1.1	0.424
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	1.0	1.3	0.229	1.3	1.4	0.748
HOMA-IR	2.7	2.6	1.000	5.2	3.0	0.586
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance
EAT thickness (mm)	11.9	12.5	0.947	14.1	11.5	0.031*

Data are presented as median. DM diabetes mellitus; HbA1c glycated hemoglobin; GA glycated albumin; LDL low-density lipoprotein; HDL high-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR homeostasis model assess of insulin resistance; EAT epicardial adipose tissue.
* p<0.05, ** p≤0.01, *** p≤0.001.

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