Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Research Article

Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 2 and Extracellular Volume Fraction in Patients with Heart Failure

Table 3

Association between ECV fraction and clinical variables in HF patients.


Variables	Rho	value

Age	-0.12	0.43
Sex	0.16	0.28
Smoking	0.07	0.67
Ischemic aetiology	-0.18	0.26
Hypertension	0.16	0.27
Atrial fibrillation/flutter	0.04	0.77
log₂ (LVEF)	-0.11	0.46
Heart rate	0.06	0.69
Systolic BP	-0.23	0.11
BMI	0.11	0.47
Hemoglobin	0.01	0.92
log₂ (ALT)	0.04	0.79
log₂ (eGFR)	0.03	0.85
FPG	-0.02	0.90
HbA1c	0.29	0.047
TC	-0.22	0.12
HDL-C	0.01	0.93
log₂ (triglyceride)	-0.04	0.78
log₂ (hs-CRP)	0.31	0.02
Sodium	-0.06	0.67
Potassium	-0.20	0.17
log₂ (NT-proBNP)	0.06	0.69
log₂ (SFRP2)	0.33	0.02

BMI: body mass index; BP: blood pressure; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; ECV: extracellular volume; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HF: heart failure; hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; NT-proBNP: N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide; SFRP2: secreted frizzled-related protein 2.