Table 5 Correlations between heart rate recovery (HRR) or epicardial fat thickness (EFT) and clinical parameters in the study groups

Age, years

−0.033

0.541

0.041

0.443

0.123

0.035

Female gender

0.083

0.120

−0.045

0.397

0.133

0.021

Body mass index

−0.078

0.145

0.003

0.960

0.110

0.040

Left ventricular mass index

−0.023

0.686

−0.125

0.025

−0.016

0.790

Relative wall thickness

−0.096

0.089

−0.046

0.413

0.085

0.157

Hs-CRP

−0.120

0.065

0.035

0.589

0.118

0.093

Exercise duration

0.034

0.533

−0.003

0.953

−0.119

0.038

Metabolic equivalents

−0.004

0.943

−0.001

0.989

−0.144

0.012

Maximal SBP during exercise

−0.127

0.018

−0.065

0.222

−0.042

0.471

Maximal DBP during exercise

−0.008

0.887

−0.071

0.181

−0.081

0.161

24-hour mean SBP

−0.343

<0.001

0.139

<0.001

0.157

0.006

24-hour mean DBP

−0.255

<0.001

0.137

<0.001

0.005

0.927

24-hour mean heart rate

−0.149

0.005

0.129

0.015

0.025

0.666

24-hour mean BP SD

−0.251

<0.001

0.213

<0.001

0.148

0.010

Fasting glucose

−0.070

0.262

0.018

0.772

−0.040

0.548

Low density lipoprotein

0.044

0.463

−0.029

0.630

0.010

0.879

High density lipoprotein

−0.071

0.235

0.077

0.194

−0.081

0.208

Triglycerides

−0.036

0.543

−0.055

0.349

−0.042

0.514

eGFR MDRD

0.109

0.068

−0.033

0.579

−0.087

0.184

HRR

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−0.720

<0.001

−0.309

<0.001

EFT

−0.309

<0.001

0.238

<0.001

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