Table 4.

Results of multivariate analysis

	Dependent variable	Independent variable	β Coefficient	p Value	R2
Control group	E/A	Distensibility	0.52	<0.001	0.27
	DT	Distensibility	−0.50	0.002	0.25
	IVRT	LVMI	0.38	0.024	0.29
		Distensibility	−0.35	0.029
Patient groups	E/A	Distensibility	0.38	0.001	0.14
	DT	Distensibility	−0.36	0.009	0.13
	IVRT	Distensibility	−0.45	<0.001	0.32
		Age	0.27	0.014
Total	E/A	Distensibility	0.50	<0.001	0.43
		Group	−0.24	0.026
	DT	Distensibility	−0.48	<0.001	0.22
	IVRT	Distensibility	−0.46	<0.001	0.53
		Group	0.25	0.011
		Age	0.25	0.016

β Coefficient, standardised regression coefficient; Group, study group variable (0, control; 1, hypertensive; 2, diabetic; 3, diabetic-hypertensive); p Value, probability of obtaining a t value greater than the “t value” in absolute value; R², overall R² for the model.