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Table 3 Pearson correlations (sex-adjusted) in 1629 participants among C2 and several measures of body mass index (BMI, at baseline = exam 1) and abdominal intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT), muscle lean volume (LEAN) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) obtained by computed tomography at MESA (mean 1.64 and 3.20 years after MESA baseline, respectively = exam 2 and 3)

From: Association of C2, a derivative of the radial artery pressure waveform, with new onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus: the MESA study

 

Mean ± SD

 

BMI

IMAT

LEAN

VAT

C2 (mL/mmHg × 100)

4.6 ± 2.9

r

0.10

− 0.04

0.28

− 0.03

 

P

0.0001

0.14

<.0001

0.27

BMI (kg/m2)

27.8 ± 4.9

r

 

0.57

0.29

0.61

 

P

 

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

IMAT (cm2)

2.5 ± 1.3

r

  

− 0.21

0.60

 

P

  

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

Muscle LEAN (cm2)

13.4 ± 3.8

r

   

0.08

 

P

   

0.002

VAT (cm2)

159.7 ± 82.1

r

   

1

 

P

    
  1. Although no participants had diagnosed diabetes at baseline (exam 1), some participants had a diagnosis of diabetes by the time of the CT assessment
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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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