Table 3.
Partial correlations of measures of arterial pressure and indices of arterial stiffness predicting parameters of myocardial remodeling controlling for age (N = 179).
| Parameters of LV Structure and Function | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arterial measures | LVMI | LVHI | LV/HT2.7 | EF | SWMA | MAV | E/E’ ratio | |
| SBP | r | .246 | .087 | .241 | .114 | -.069 | -.179 | .115 |
| p | .001 | .247 | .001 | .130 | .359 | .017 | .126 | |
| DBP | r | .199 | .155 | .206 | .172 | -.151 | -.199 | .003 |
| p | .008 | .039 | .006 | .021 | .044 | .008 | .968 | |
| MAP | r | .276 | .143 | .267 | .117 | -.066 | -.206 | .139 |
| p | .0002 | .058 | .0003 | .121 | .385 | .006 | .064 | |
| PP | r | .179 | .005 | .168 | .028 | .016 | -.093 | .147 |
| p | .017 | .942 | .025 | .715 | .834 | .216 | .050 | |
| LAEI | r | -.036 | -.086 | -.039 | -.011 | .059 | .046 | .014 |
| p | .634 | .254 | .603 | .882 | .437 | .539 | .856 | |
| SAEI | r | .025 | -.046 | .039 | -.077 | .068 | .163 | -.049 |
| p | .744 | .546 | .608 | .307 | .366 | .030 | .519 | |
Abbreviations: SBP – systolic blood pressure, DBP – diastolic blood pressure, PP – pulse pressure, MAP – mean arterial pressure, LAEI – large artery elasticity index, SAEI – small artery elasticity index, LVMI – left ventricular mass index, LVHI – left ventricular hypertrophy index, LV/HT2.7 – left ventricular mass(g)/height (cm)2.7, EF – ejection fraction, SWMA – presence of segmental wall motion abnormality, MAV – early diastolic mitral annular velocity, E/E’ ratio – Mitral peak velocity of early filling to early diastolic mitral annular velocity ratio, r – partial correlation coefficient, p – p-value