Association between Serum Adiponectin and Atrial Fibrillation: A Case-Control Study Stratified by Age and Gender

Table 2

Correlation between plasma adiponectin concentration and other parameters.

Variable	r	value
Female	0.256	0.001
Age	0.279	<0.001
Body mass index	−0.234	0.015
NT-proBNP	0.347	<0.001
Hs-CRP	−0.169	0.029
Left atrium diameter	0.200	0.009
LVEF	−0.225	0.003
rMSSD	0.224	0.014
LF	0.071	0.439
HF	0.231	0.011
LF/HF ratio	−0.100	0.275

values < 0.05 are indicated in bold. NT-proBNP, N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide; hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; LVEF, left ventricle ejection fraction; rMSSD, root mean square successive difference; LF, low-frequency component; HF, high-frequency component.