TABLE 3.

Variables Associated With Pulse Pressure and Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity (aPWV).

Parameter	Pulse Pressure				Log aPWV
	Univariable model		Multivariable model*		Univariable model		Multivariable model†
	β±SE	P	β±SE	P	β±SE	P	β±SE	P
Age, years	0.593±0.055	<.0001	0.408±0.052	<.0001	0.015±0.001	<.0001	0.013±0.001	<.0001
Male sex	−2.387±1.132	0.035			−0.03±0.026	0.26
BMI, kg/m2	0.414±0.113	0.0003			0.007±0.003	0.014
Height, cm	−0.273±0.06	<.0001	−0.161±0.049	0.0009	−0.004±0.002	0.007
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	0.002±0.018	0.93			0.001±0.001	0.71
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	0.001±0.041	0.98			−0.001±0.001	0.46
Hypertension medication use	11.07±1.382	<.0001	3.656±1.131	0.001	0.197±0.027	<.0001	0.073±0.024	0.002
Statin use	3.898±1.388	0.005			0.085±0.027	0.002
Diabetes	7.926±3.356	0.018			0.19±0.049	<.0001	0.074±0.037	0.046
History of smoking	2.059±1.094	0.059	2.077±0.857	0.015	−0.002±0.22	0.92
MAP, mm Hg	0.632±0.05	<.0001	0.552±0.047	<.0001	0.009±0.001	<.0001	0.005±0.001	<.0001
Heart rate, per min	0.018±0.066	0.79	−0.159±0.05	0.002	0.006±0.002	0.0001	0.004±0.001	<.0001

The multivariable regression models for both pulse pressure and log aPWV were built by including all the listed variables in the model and performing backward elimination; only variables significant at P <0.01 were included in the final model in each case. Abbreviations as in Tables 1 and 2.

^*Model R² = 0.44;

^†Model R² = 0.48