Right ventricle free wall mechanics in metabolic syndrome without type-2 diabetes: effects of a 3-month lifestyle intervention program

Table 5 Relationship between RV free wall global strain and clinical, biological and echocardiographic data

Variables	Univariate analysis
	r	P
Age (Years)	0.15	ns
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.12	ns
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.14	ns
Central fat	0.32	**
Waist circumference	0.45	***
BMI	0.39	***
HDL	−0.39	***
LDL	−0.05	ns
Triglycerides	0.12	ns
HbA_1C	0.36	**
Fasting glucose	0.35	**
HOMA-IR	0.22	*
TNF-α	0.31	*
PAI-1 active	0.52	***
IL-6	0.30	**
Adiponectin	−0.53	***
Left ventricular mass indexed	0.43	***
E_tri	−0.37	**
S_tri	−0.26	*
E/E_tri	0.39	**

BMI: Body mass index, LDL: low-density lipoprotein, HDL: high-density lipoprotein, HbA_1C: glycated hemoglobin, HOMA-IR: homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance, TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor α, PAI-1 active: plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, IL6: interleukin-6, E_tri: peak early diastolic velocity of the tricuspid annulus, S_tri: peak systolic velocity of the tricuspid annulus. Significant differences categorized as: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. ns: non-significant.

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