Table 3.

Linear regression analyses with stepwise elimination of explanatory factors for aortic blood pressure, systemic vascular resistance index, and pulse wave velocity

Aortic systolic BP (mmHg) R 2  = 0.398	Unstandardized coefficient B	Standardized coefficient Beta	P value
(constant)	-4.147		0.935
Pulse wave velocity	2.218	0.225	< 0.001
eGFR	-0.219	-0.198	< 0.001
LDL cholesterol	3.469	0.165	< 0.001
Waist:height ratio	32.486	0.119	0.006
Age	0.201	0.117	0.016
Plasma sodium	0.785	0.078	0.024
QUICKI	-42.355	-0.092	0.016
Triglycerides	-1.934	-0.092	0.019
Aortic diastolic BP (mmHg) R 2  = 0.346	Unstandardized coefficient B	Standardized coefficient Beta	P value
(constant)	92.850		< 0.001
eGFR	-0.200	-0.266	< 0.001
Pulse wave velocity	1.276	0.190	< 0.001
LDL cholesterol	2.334	0.163	< 0.001
QUICKI	-36.109	-0.115	0.003
Male sex	3.071	0.113	0.002
Triglycerides	-1.828	-0.127	0.003
High alcohol consumption category	8.757	0.091	0.014
Waist:height ratio	17.861	0.096	0.031
SVRI (dyn*s/cm 5 *m 2 ) R 2  = 0.219	Unstandardized coefficient B	Standardized coefficient Beta	P value
(constant)	1659		< 0.001
Waist:height ratio	1911	0.235	< 0.001
eGFR	-4.981	-0.151	0.002
LDL cholesterol	77.992	0.125	0.006
Present smoking	-178.938	-0.099	0.011
Age	5.297	0.103	0.037
Pulse wave velocity (m/s) R 2  = 0.553	Unstandardized coefficient B	Standardized coefficient Beta	P value
(constant)	-0.736		0.127
Age	0.074	0.475	< 0.001
Uric acid	0.005	0.196	< 0.001
Mean aortic pressure	0.018	0.152	< 0.001
Waist:height ratio	4.895	0.199	< 0.001
Leptin	-0.013	-0.113	0.001
Aldosterone	3.86 × 10− 4	0.081	0.008
Present smoking	-0.479	-0.087	0.003
Triglycerides	0.135	0.071	0.031

See Methods for included variables; BP, blood pressure; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate using the CKD-EPI creatinine-cystatin C equation; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein; QUICKI, quantitative insulin sensitivity check index; SVRI, systemic vascular resistance index; CRP, C-reactive protein