Table V.

 Multivariable Models Indicating Independent Determinants of Arterial Structure and Function

Variable	Common	Bulb	Internal	PEM	YEM	AIx	BrachD	PWV
						(Higher=Stiffer)	(Lower=Stiffer)	(Higher=Stiffer)
Intercept	−0.84	−2.05	−1.39	4.83	4.60	−31.29	1.89	−0.77
BP category
NT			−0.045	−0.086	−0.12	−3.61	0.29	−0.061
Pre‐HTN			0.022	−0.046	−0.014	−3.76	−0.03	−0.036
HTNa			0	0	0	0	0	0
Age * BP category
NT							−0.013
Pre‐HTN							0.003
HTNa
Age	0.011	0.0093	0.016	0.022			0.0064	0.014
Female	−0.097	−0.051	−0.12	−0.087			0.015
Non‐white race	0.059		0.052		−0.12			0.070
T2DM	0.066	0.055
Height						−0.32
BMI z score			0.020	0.036			−0.088
Waist/height ratio					1.10			0.50
MAP		0.29			0.43	27.89	−0.0025	0.37
Heart rate		−0.0020
LDL‐C		0.00065	0.001
TG						1.97
Fasting glucose			0.055		−0.25			0.065
Fasting Insulin				0.051	−0.091		−0.0025
Counts/non 0 min						−6.42
R 2	0.16	0.11	0.20	0.16	0.17	0.25	0.43	0.60

Abbreviations: AIx, augmentation index; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; BrachD, brachial artery distensibility; HTN, hypertension; LDL‐C, low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol; MAP, mean arterial pressure; NT, normotension; PEM, Peterson’s elastic modulus; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; TG, triglycerides; YEM, Young’s elastic modulus. ^a0 indicates HTN group treated as reference group. All Models have P<.0001.