Table 3.

Ordinal regression analysis for the risk of being in a higher pulse wave velocity tertile in 113 nondiabetic patients

Variables	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	P
Age (years)	1.07	1.04 to 1.10	<0.01
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	1.03	1.01 to 1.05	0.01
Free T3 (pmol/L)	0.57	0.39 to 0.83	<0.01

This multivariate model includes age, gender, cardiovascular disease history, time on hemodialysis, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, serum albumin, and C-reactive protein. (Model chi-squared: 124, P <0.01; pseudo r² = 0.65.) T3: triiodothyronine.