Table III.

Stepwise multiple linear regression (aortic sinus).

Lead-in Variables	R	R2	P-value	β coefficient
BSA	0.52	0.27	P<0.01	0.52
BSA, BMI	0.60	0.37	P<0.01	0.90,−0.49
BSA, BMI, height	0.75	0.56	P<0.01	2.82,−1.94,−1.26
BSA, BMI, height, age	0.77	0.59	P<0.01	2.75,−1.90,−1.23,0.16
BSA, BMI, height, age, DBP	0.78	0.59	P<0.01	2.71,−1.89,−1,22,0.15,0.07

BMI, body mass index; BSA, body surface area; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.