Figure 3: Correlation between plasma FGF21 levels and left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction. The figure shows simple correlations between plasma FGF21 levels on admission and left ventricular end-diastolic volume index (LVEDVI), left ventricular end-systolic volume index (LVESVI), and the mean normalized systolic ejection rate (MNSER) over 6 months after acute myocardial infarction. There was a significant positive correlation between plasma FGF21 levels on admission and the foldincrease in LVEDVI (r=+0.23, P=0.04). A positive correlation was also found between plasma FGF21 levels on admission and the fold-increase in LVESVI with marginal significance (r=+0.22, P=0.07). There was a significant negative correlation between FGF21 on admission and changes in MNSER (r=-0.24, P=0.04).