TABLE 4.
Partial Correlation between AGEs and Vascular Health adjusted for age and systolic Blood Pressure.
| Baseline | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAE | CRVE | AVR | PWV | |||||
| r | p-Value | r | p-Value | r | p-Value | r | p-Value | |
| sAGEs | 0.02 | 0.572 | 0.04 | 0.271 | −0.02 | 0.693 | −0.02 | 0.569 |
| Follow-up | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAE | CRVE | AVR | PWV | |||||
| r | p-Value | r | p-Value | r | p-Value | r | p-Value | |
| sAGEs | −0.0007 | 0.864 | 0.11 | 0.008 | −0.12 | 0.002 | 0.07 | 0.041 |
sAGEs, skin autofluorescence-derived advanced glycation end products; AVR, indicates arteriolar-to-venular diameter ration; BMI, body mass index; CRAE, central retinal arteriolar equivalent; CRVE, central retinal venular equivalent; PWV, pulse wave velocity; r, partial correlation adjusted for age and systolic BP.