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Table 3 Correlation of independent variables with diastolic function in HIV/AIDS patients and Controls

From: Assessment of left ventricular diastolic function in children with HIV/AIDS attending a tertiary health Facility in Enugu, Nigeria: a Doppler echocardiographic study

Parameters

HIV infection

AIDS

Control

r

p

r

p

r

p

Age

0.320

0.127

0.874

0.023

0.212

0.521

BMI

0.104

0.628

−0.199

0.706

0.120

0.102

Pulse rate

− 0.301

0.152

−0.254

0.627

0.401

0.092

BSA

0.425

0.038

0.827

0.042

0.031

0.723

LVMI

−0.013

0.951

0.00

0.951

0.192

0.821

HB

−0.193

0.365

−0.682

0.135

0.252

0.601

CD4 cell count

−0.392

0.058

−0.266

0.610

0.313

0.161

  1. Key: BMI Body Mass Index, BSA Body Surface Area, LVMI Left Ventricular Mass Index, HB Haemoglobin
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