Table 2.

Stepwise multiple regression analysis for pulse pressure as a dependent variable in community-dwelling elderly women.

	Standardized β	P value	Cumulative R 2
Model A
Systolic blood pressure	0.775	<0.001	0.728
Age	0.140	0.001	0.749
Neutrophil count	0.114	0.006	0.763
Log TNF-α	0.110	0.009	0.772
Model B
Systolic blood pressure	0.775	<0.001	0.728
Age	0.140	0.001	0.749
Neutrophil count	0.114	0.006	0.763
Log TNF-α	0.110	0.009	0.772
Model C
Systolic blood pressure	0.775	<0.001	0.728
Age	0.140	0.001	0.749
Neutrophil count	0.114	0.006	0.763
Log TNF-α	0.110	0.009	0.772

Model A included age and all variables that showed significant associations with PP in partial correlation analysis in Table 1 as independent variables: SBP, HDL-cholesterol, adiponectin, log hsCRP, log TNF-α, PAI-1, neutrophil, monocyte, and leukocyte count. Model B included all inflammatory variables measured in this study (log hsCRP, log TNF-α, log IL-6, neutrophil, and monocyte count) as independent variables. Model C included all variables that showed significant associations with PP in univariate analysis.