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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Apr 8;51(14):1377–1383. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.10.065

Table 2.

Multiple Regression Analysis Evaluating the Predictors of Last Visit SBP

Variable Parameter Estimate Standard Error p Value
Age (yrs) 0.32 0.06 <0.0001
Gender (men) 0.65 1.78 0.71
Race (white) −1.22 2.00 0.54
Smoking (ever) 2.48 1.61 0.12
BMI (kg/m2) 0.61 0.22 0.006
MAP (mm Hg) 0.60 0.08 <0.0001
PWV (m/s) 1.56 0.38 <0.0001
Heart rate (beats/min) 0.08 0.06 0.20
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) −0.005 0.02 0.83
Triglycerides (mg/dl) −0.009 0.01 0.50
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) −0.001 0.07 0.98
Glucose (mg/dl) −0.02 0.06 0.75

The predictor variables were all measured at the baseline visit. Model R2 = 0.42.

Abbreviations as in Table 1.