Sex-related differences in the associations between plasma free fatty acid levels and clinical features in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Table 4 Univariate analysis of correlation between variables and sqrt (FFA) in male and female HCM patients

Variable	Male (n = 243)		Female (n = 169)
Variable	Correlation coefficient (r)	p value	Correlation coefficient (r)	p value
Age (years)	0.043	0.508	0.103	0.181
BMI (kg/m²)	0.047	0.463	0.050	0.516
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.134	0.037	0.020	0.799
LDL-C (mmol/L)	0.174	0.088	0.020	0.798
HDL-C (mmol/L)	0.138	0.031	0.045	0.560
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.066	0.307	−0.052	0.500
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.142	0.028	0.012	0.874
Heart rate (beats/min)	0.225	<0.001	0.120	0.123
NT-pro-BNP (pmol/L)	0.080	0.266	−0.013	0.871
Left atrium diameter (mm)	0.173	0.007	0.151	0.050
Maximum wall thickness (mm)	0.169	0.008	−0.053	0.495
LV end-diastolic diameter (mm)	−0.043	0.507	0.020	0.798
LV ejection fraction (%)	−0.026	0.689	−0.028	0.722
LV end-diastolic volume (mL)	0.060	0.353	0.101	0.192
LV end-systolic volume (mL)	0.099	0.127	0.076	0.137
Stroke volume (mL)	0.052	0.420	0.077	0.323
Cardiac output (L/min)	0.081	0.211	0.075	0.333
LV mass (g)	0.161	0.013	0.061	0.435
LV end-diastolic volume index (mL/m²)	0.083	0.204	0.070	0.366
LV end-systolic volume index (mL/m²)	0.058	0.371	0.070	0.370
Stroke volume index (mL/m²)	0.280	0.070	0.046	0.550
LV mass index (g/m²)	0.164	0.012	0.028	0.714

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