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Table 6 Measurements of association and canonical correlation between macronutrients plus adiposity and echocardiographic indicators

From: Extensive impact of saturated fatty acids on metabolic and cardiovascular profile in rats with diet-induced obesity: a canonical analysis

Variables

Canonical coefficients

Macronutrients and Body Adiposity

Protein

−0.2942

Sucrose

0.6503

Saturated fatty acids

19.4472

Unsaturated fatty acids

−20.1836

Body adiposity

0.0774

Echocardiographic indicators

Heart rate

0.0253

LVESd

−0.1195

Ejection fraction

0.6441

EFS

0.7212

Left ventricle mass

−0.0560

E/A

−0.0002

LVDT/LVEDd

0.1890

PWSV

−0.0037

IVRT

−0.0126

EDT

0.1017

Canonical correlation coefficient

0.9870 (p < 0.05)

  1. LVESd: left ventricular end-systolic diameter; EFS: endocardium fraction shortening; E/A: ratio between the E and A waves evaluated in transmitral flow; LVDT/LVEDd: ratio between diastolic thickness and end-diastolic diameter of the left ventricle; PWSV: posterior wall shortening velocity; IVRT: isovolumetric relaxation time; EDT: E-wave deceleration time.