Table 2 Associations between clinical variables and amygdalar metabolic activity at baseline

From: Clinical and biochemical factors associated with amygdalar metabolic activity

Parameters

Univariate

Multivariate

β

P value

β

P value

Gendera

−0.073

0.177

-

-

Age

0.017

0.760

-

-

Body weight

0.030

0.576

-

-

Waist circumference

0.027

0.616

-

-

Body mass index

0.036

0.504

-

-

Heart rate

0.082

0.128

-

-

Systolic blood pressure

0.023

0.666

-

-

Diastolic blood pressure

0.016

0.773

-

-

Aspartate transaminaseb

0.043

0.425

-

-

Alanine transaminaseb

0.069

0.200

-

-

γ-glutamyl transferaseb

0.101

0.061

-

-

LDL cholesterol

0.000

0.995

-

-

HDL cholesterol

−0.089

0.097

-

-

Triglyceridesb

0.063

0.244

-

-

Fasting plasma glucoseb

0.251

<0.001

0.204

<0.001

Fasting immunoreactive insulinb

0.094

0.080

-

-

Glycated hemoglobin

0.217

<0.001

0.048

0.573

Estimated glomerular filtration rate

−0.003

0.954

-

-

Uric acid

0.092

0.087

-

-

High-sensitivity CRPb

0.062

0.273

-

-

ADMAb

0.114

0.034

-

-

PEDFb

0.027

0.621

-

-

Visceral adipose tissue area

0.031

0.630

-

-

Subcutaneous adipose tissue area

0.028

0.662

-

-

Current smokinga

−0.028

0.603

-

-

Coronary artery diseasea

0.211

<0.001

0.142

0.010

Cerebrovascular injurya

0.076

0.158

-

-

Aspirina

0.134

0.013

-

-

Statinsa

0.091

0.092

-

-

Medication for hypertensiona

0.019

0.725

-

-

Oral hypoglycemic agentsa

0.186

<0.001

0.061

0.308

Sleeping pillsa

−0.007

0.900

-

-

R2

 

0.076

  1. β, regression coefficients.
  2. Abbreviations as in Table 1.
  3. aMen = 0, Women = 1 or No = 0, Yes = 1.
  4. bLog-transformed value was used.
  5. Bold indicates the statistical significance.
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