Table 3.

Association of pulse wave velocity (PWV) and distensibility coefficient (DC) with levels of interleukin-6

PWV (n = 316)	β	95% CI	p
Model 1	0.411	–0.135–0.956	0.139
Model 2	0.259	–0.300–0.818	0.362
Model 3	0.149	–0.402–0.701	0.594
DC (n = 281)	β	95% CI	p
Model 1	–0.696	–1.316 – –0.076	0.028
Model 2	–0.631	–1.281–0.018	0.057
Model 3	–0.593	–1.237–0.051	0.071

Notes: Model 1: adjusted for age, sex, heart rate, and mean arterial pressure; Model 2: adjusted for age, sex, heart rate, mean arterial pressure, body mass index, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, smoking; Model 3: adjusted for age, sex, heart rate, mean arterial pressure, body mass index, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, smoking, and measures of atherosclerosis; Presented values are natural-log transformed.