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Table 2 Correlations between abdominal fat and clinical parameters in non-DM (n = 138) and DM (n = 45) PD patients

From: Metabolic syndrome and abdominal fat are associated with inflammation, but not with clinical outcomes, in peritoneal dialysis patients

 

Non-DM, n = 138

DM, n = 45

   VFA

   SFA

   TFA

   VFA

   SFA

   TFA

Sex

−0.04

 

0.31

*

0.17

*

0.02

 

0.23

 

0.18

 

CAD

0.06

 

0.01

 

0.04

 

0.25

 

0.02

 

0.15

 

Hypertension

−0.15

 

0.06

 

−0.04

 

0.31

*

0.06

 

0.20

 

RAS blocker

−0.17

*

−0.17

*

−0.20

*

−0.06

 

−0.13

 

−0.13

 

Beta blocker

0.15

*

0.27

*

0.24

*

0.08

 

−0.12

 

−0.04

 

Statin

0.10

 

0.14

 

0.14

 

−0.08

 

−0.12

 

−0.13

 

Age

0.40

*

0.35

*

0.43

*

0.50

*

0.06

 

0.31

*

PD vintage

0.00

 

−0.09

 

−0.06

 

−0.20

 

−0.04

 

−0.13

 

Body weight

0.38

*

0.15

 

0.29

*

−0.08

 

0.37

*

0.23

 

BMI

0.44

*

0.41

*

0.49

*

0.02

 

0.54

*

0.41

*

Renal KT/V

0.07

 

0.15

 

0.13

 

0.14

 

0.05

 

0.10

 

Peritoneal KT/V

−0.18

*

−0.14

 

−0.18

*

−0.12

 

0.10

 

0.02

 

4 hr D/P Cre

−0.05

 

−0.04

 

−0.05

 

−0.02

 

0.19

 

0.13

 

D4/D0 Glu

0.15

 

0.10

 

0.14

 

−0.03

 

−0.15

 

−0.13

 

Glucose exposure

−0.07

 

−0.07

 

−0.08

 

0.01

 

0.22

 

0.16

 

Dialysate glucose load

−0.02

 

0.02

 

0.00

 

0.09

 

−0.07

 

0.00

 

nPCR

−0.23

*

−0.27

*

−0.28

*

−0.25

 

−0.21

 

−0.28

 

Albumin

0.22

*

0.06

 

0.15

 

0.09

 

−0.03

 

0.02

 

Hemoglobin

0.05

 

0.03

 

0.05

 

0.01

 

−0.37

*

−0.26

 

Creatinine

−0.13

 

−0.29

*

−0.25

*

−0.35

*

−0.20

 

−0.32

*

Glucose

0.17

*

0.10

 

0.15

 

0.11

 

0.29

*

0.27

 

Cholesterol

0.16

 

0.24

*

0.23

*

0.24

 

0.22

 

0.28

 

Triglyceride

0.27

*

0.12

 

0.22

*

0.54

*

0.34

*

0.53

*

HDL

−0.27

*

0.01

 

−0.14

 

−0.26

 

−0.22

 

−0.30

*

LDL

−0.02

 

0.06

 

0.03

 

−0.11

 

0.09

 

0.01

 

AI1

0.42

*

0.19

*

0.34

*

0.55

*

0.41

*

0.59

*

AI2

0.39

*

0.18

*

0.32

*

0.45

*

0.31

*

0.46

*

LnCRP

0.36

*

0.16

 

0.29

*

0.02

 

0.19

 

0.15

 

Cardiothoracic ratio (%)

0.25

*

0.32

*

0.33

*

0.32

*

0.23

 

0.33

*

  1. Abdominal fat was categorized as visceral fat area (VFA), subcutaneous fat area (SFA), and total fat area (TFA), and all were corrected for body mass index (BMI).
  2. *P < 0.05 with Pearson’s correlation.