Cholesterol remnants and triglycerides are associated with decreased myocardial function in patients with type 2 diabetes

Table 4 Systolic changes in relation to log₂(cholesterol remnants) and log₂(triglyceride) in patients with type 2 diabetes

	log₂ (cholesterol remnants)				log₂ (triglyceride)
	Univariable		Multivariable		Univariable		Multivariable
	β-coefficient (std error)	P value	β-coefficient (std error)	P value	β-coefficient (std error)	P value	β-coefficient (std error)	P value
All patients
Ejection fraction (%)	−0.7 (0.4)	0.09	−0.4 (0.4)	0.31	−0.6 (0.4)	0.09	−0.3 (0.4)	0.42
Global longitudinal systolic strain (%)	0.40 (0.13)	0.003	0.33 (0.14)	0.02	0.34 (0.12)	0.004	0.28 (0.13)	0.03
Longitudinal displacement (mm)	−0.25 (0.09)	0.007	−0.25 (0.10)	0.01	−0.25 (0.08)	0.003	−0.25 (0.09)	0.005
Patients receiving statin therapy
Ejection fraction (%)	−0.7 (0.4)	0.12	−0.4 (0.5)	0.43	−0.5 (0.4)	0.18	−0.1 (0.4)	0.72
Global longitudinal systolic strain (%)	0.38 (0.15)	0.01	0.32 (0.16)	0.05	0.33 (0.14)	0.01	0.29 (0.15)	0.05
Longitudinal displacement (mm)	−0.20 (0.11)	0.07	−0.20 (0.11)	0.06	−0.22 (0.09)	0.02	−0.22 (0.10)	0.03

Multivariable model adjusted for age, sex, hemoglobin A_1c, body mass index, systolic blood pressure and albuminuria
Italic text indicates P < 0.05

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