Table 2.

Multiple regression analysis of arterial elasticity (dependent variable) with demographic and anthropometric variables in the model

		Large artery elasticity (mL/mm Hg × 10)					Small artery elasticity (mL/mm Hg × 100)
		Unadjusted		Adjusted *		P trend/ categorical	Unadjusted		Adjusted		P trend/ categorical
	N	Mean	Std Dev	Mean	Std Error		Mean	Std Dev	Mean	Std Error
Race/ethnicity
African American	1713	13.5	5.8	13.4	0.12	.52	4.2	2.5	4.2	0.06	<.0001
Chinese	769	12.9	5.4	13.4	0.20		4.1	2.8	4.6	0.10
Hispanic	1429	12.8	5.2	13.1	0.14		4.4	2.8	4.3	0.07
White	2386	13.7	5.7	13.2	0.10		4.9	3.0	4.7	0.05
Clinical Site
New York	1014	13.5	5.5	13.7	0.15	<.0001	4.5	2.9	4.6	0.08	<.0001
Maryland	854	12.0	5.2	11.8	0.17		4.2	2.5	4.2	0.08
Minnesota	991	13.5	5.1	12.9	0.15		5.4	3.1	5.1	0.08
Illinois	1110	14.3	6.1	14.1	0.14		4.6	3.0	4.4	0.07
California	1284	12.9	5.5	13.4		0.14	4.1	2.7	4.3	0.07
North Carolina	1044	13.8	5.8	13.6	0.15		4.2	2.5	4.1	0.08
Height (cm) quintiles, female/male
136.9–154/148.9–167	1263	11.2	5.0	11.7	0.14	<.0001	3.4	2.2	3.6	0.07	<.0001
154.1–158/167.1–171.4	1260	12.7	5.4	12.9	0.13		4.0	2.6	4.1	0.07
158.1–161.5/167.2–175.4	1256	13.4	5.1	13.2	0.13		4.6	2.8	4.5	0.06
161.6–166/175.5–179.9	1262	14.0	5.8	13.8	0.13		4.7	2.8	4.7	0.07
166.1–188.4/180–202.5	1252	15.5	5.8	14.8	0.14		5.6	3.2	5.3	0.07
Age (years)
44–54	1828	15.8	5.2	14.9	0.11	<.0001	6.1	3.2	5.6	0.06	<.0001
55–64	1739	13.7	5.2	13.6	0.11		4.6	2.7	4.5	0.06
65–74	1851	12.0	5.3	12.4	0.11		3.5	2.0	3.8	0.05
75–84	875	10.3	5.6	11.3	0.16		2.9	1.8	3.4	0.08

Notes: P trend for age and height, P-categorical with df corresponding to number of classes shown for race, sex, site. Specific pairwise comparisons are not presented.

^*Adjusted for all variables in Table 1, including race/ethnicity.