Table 3.

Multiple linear regression analysis with PWV as dependent variable.

	Model 1		Model 2
	β	p	β	p
Age (years)	0.447	0.004	0.547	0.001
Sex (0=female, 1=male)	0.212	0.100	0.195	0.134
Current smoking (0=no, 1=yes)	0.212	0.233	0.229	0.114
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	−0.147	0.322	−0.063	0.671
Log adiponectin (ng/ml)	0.521	<0.004	0.408	0.027
Log NT-proBNP (ng/l)	−	−	0.034	0.795

Model 1: R=0.711, p<0.001; model 2: R=0.730, p<0.001.