Association of hypercholesterolemia and cardiac function evaluated by speckle tracking echocardiography in a rabbit model

Table 7 Correlation between strain paramters and cholesterol

Strain parameters	Serum TC		Serum LDL -C		Tissue cholesterol
	r	p	r	p	r	p
GLS	-0.723	0.000	-0.794	0.000	-0.700	0.000
GRS	0.432	0.028	0.602	0.001	0.469	0.016
GCS	-0.518	0.007	-0.691	0.000	-0.659	0.000

GLS, global longitudinal strain; GRS, global radial strain; GCS, global circumferential strain; TC, total cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol.

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