Relationship of Para and Perirenal Fat and High-Density Lipoprotein and Its Function in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 3

Independent multiple linear regression analysis of serum HDL level and cholesterol efflux rate. The other variables included in the models are described in the text.

	β
HDL (mmol/l)^a
Model (R^2 = 0.176)
PUFT (cm)	−0.115	0.009
Cholesterol efflux rate (%)^b
Model (R^2 = 0.121)
PUFT (cm)	4.027	0.013

HDL, high-density lipoprotein; PUFT, para-perirenal ultrasonographic fat thickness.