Circulating Glutamate and Taurine Levels Are Associated with the Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

Table 3

Spearman rank correlation coefficients between aortic Glu/Tau content and clinical variables.

	Glu	Tau
Age	−0.09	−0.14
BMI	0.24	0.18
eGFR	0.17	0.11
T-chol	−0.06	0.26
BNP	−0.06	−0.10
HbA1c	0.10	0.04
LAD	0.16	0.02
EF	0.06	0.08
Glu		0.57
Tau	0.57
Ucarr	0.32	0.22

BMI: body mass index, EF: ejection fraction, eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate, LAD: left atrial dimension, T-chol: total cholesterol.
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