Cardiovascular Diabetology

Table 4 Associations between epicardial adipose tissue and risk factors for CAD in the diabetes group

From: Coronary plaque characteristics and epicardial fat tissue in long term survivors of type 1 diabetes identified by coronary computed tomography angiography

	Univariable		Age and sex-adjusted^a		Multivariable
	β (95% CI)	p-value	β (95% CI)	p-value	β (95% CI)	p-value
Age	0.20 (− 0.63 to 1.02)	0.635	0.21 (− 0.62 to 1.03)	0.614	0.9 (0.3–1.5)	0.004
Female sex	− 6.15 (− 17.63 to 5.33)	0.290	− 6.23 (− 17.77 to 5.30)	0.286	19.4 (9.4–29.4)	0.000
HDL-c	− 16.06 (− 26.29 to − 5.83)	0.002	− 17.10 (− 28.31 to − 5.89)	0.003	− 9.3 (− 18.1 to − 0.5)	0.038
TG	19.15 (4.97–33.32)	0.009	12.80 (− 0.11 to 25.72)	0.052	− 14.6 (− 27.2 to − 2.0)	0.024
Waist circumference	1.27 (0.93–1.61)	< 0.001	1.54 (0.97–2.11)	< 0.001	1.8 (1.3–2.3)	0.000
wHbA1c	9.14 (2.52–15.77)	0.007	9.12 (2.34–15.89)	0.009
wLDL-c	7.68 (− 1.66 to 17.01)	0.106
wSBP	0.083 (− 0.46 to 0.63)	0.763
Systolic BP	0.18 (− 0.11 to 0.48)	0.214
Diastolic BP	0.24 (− 0.44 to 0.95)	0.469
Pulse pressure	0.21 (− 0.15 to 0.57)	0.249

HDL-c high density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG triglycerides, wHbA1c weighted glycated hemoglobin, wLDL-c weighted low density lipoprotein cholesterol, BP; blood pressure, wSBP weighted systolic blood pressure
^aMinimally multivariable model (only adjusted for age and sex)

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