Table 7.
Independent predictors for PWV using multiple linear regression.
| Predictors | Estimates | CI | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.05 | 0.03–0.06 | < 0.001 |
| Sex [M] | −1.71 | −2.87–−0.56 | 0.004 |
| Height | −0.06 | −0.10–−0.01 | 0.018 |
| Alcohol [No] | −1.41 | −2.35–−0.48 | 0.004 |
| DBP | 0.03 | 0.01–0.06 | 0.016 |
| cSBP | 0.03 | 0.02–0.05 | < 0.001 |
| Cardiac Index | 0.53 | 0.01–1.04 | 0.044 |
| Body Water | −0.03 | −0.05–−0.02 | < 0.001 |
| HOMA-IR | 0.24 | 0.08–0.41 | 0.005 |
| HbA1c | −0.18 | −0.31–−0.05 | 0.007 |
| HDL-c | −0.05 | −0.07–−0.02 | < 0.001 |
| R2 adjusted | 0.746 |
DBP, Diastolic Blood Pressure; cSBP, Central Systolic Blood Pressure; HOMA-IR, Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance; HbA1c, Hemoglobin A1c; HDL-c, High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; CI, 95% Confidence Interval. The bold values p < 0.05 indicates statistical significance.