Table 2

Correlation coefficients between echocardiographic measures of structure and function by ethnic group in normoglycaemic individuals (excluding those with a previous myocardial infarct or on antihypertensive treatment)

	LVEDD	IVS	E:A	RWT	LVMI
Europeans (n=452)
Age	−0.4	0.19^2-165	−0.42^2-165	0.20^2-165	0.16^2-165
Systolic blood pressure	0.17^2-165	0.33^2-165	−0.28^2-165	0.11^2-150	0.27^2-165
Fasting glucose	0.13^2-160	0.21^2-165	−0.06	0.12^2-150	0.17^2-165
Fasting insulin	0.18^2-165	−0.03	−0.13^2-160	−0.15^2-160	−0.03
BMI	0.30^2-165	0.20^2-165	−0.19^2-165	−0.05	0.11^2-150
Waist circumference	0.50^2-165	0.33^2-165	−0.21^2-165	−0.05	0.24^2-165
Albumin excretion rate	0.15^2-160	0.16^2-165	0.05	0.07	0.17^2-165
Fasting triglyceride	0.17^2-165	0.16^2-165	−0.14^2-160	0.02	0.15^2-160

African Caribbeans (n=305)
Age	0.03	0.15^2-160	−0.44^2-165	0.08	0.20^2-165
Systolic blood pressure	0.01	0.13^2-150	−0.20^2-165	0.09	0.11^2-150
Fasting glucose	0.17^2-160	0.15^2-160	−0.14^2-150	0.06	0.20^2-165
Fasting insulin	0	0.05	−0.07	0.04	0
BMI	0.05	0.11^2-150	−0.11	0.07	−0.04
Waist circumference	0.24^2-165	0.26^2-165	−0.17^2-160	0.07	0.14^2-150
Albumin excretion rate	0	0.12^2-150	0.04	0.12	0.09
Fasting triglyceride	0.06	0.06	−0.17^2-160	0.02	0.03

↵2-150 p < 0.05;
↵2-160 p < 0.01;
↵2-165 p < 0.001.
BMI, body mass index; E:A, early (E) to atrial (A) wave ratio; IVS, interventricular septal thickness; LVEDD, left ventricular end diastolic diameter; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; RWT, relative wall thickness.