TABLE 3.

MEAN DIFFERENCE IN PULSE WAVE VELOCITY BETWEEN DICHOTOMOUS GROUPS IN THE FULL COHORT AND HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SUBGROUP^*

	Full Cohort (n = 157)		HRCT Subgroup (n = 73)
	m/s	P Value	m/s	P Value
Gender	0.783	0.001†	0.99	0.006‡
Current smoking	0.181	0.464	0.30	0.418
Chronic bronchitis	0.338	0.173	0.25	0.509
Ankle edema	0.369	0.195	0.05	0.906
Inhaled corticosteroid	0.023	0.929	0.42	0.322
Long-acting β-agonist	0.156	0.521	0.47	0.182
Ischemic heart disease	0.351	0.242	0.34	0.480
Hypercholesterolemia	0.591	0.095§	0.80	0.124

Definition of abbreviation: HRCT = high-resolution computed tomography.

^*t Tests.

^†P < 0.05.

^‡P < 0.01.

^§P < 0.1.