Table 4.

Regression coefficients of the association between intima-media thickness and central systolic blood pressure and parameters of its short-term variability. Age and sex are included in the statistical models

	Hypertensives		Normotensives		All patients
	ß	p	ß	p	ß	p
Central SBP - 24 h	0.10	0.46	-0.00	0.99	0.11	0.24
Central SBP - day	0.15	0.29	0.01	0.93	0.12	0.17
Central SBP - night	0.06	0.68	-0.02	0.85	0.08	0.36
SD 24 h central SBP	0.31	0.02	0.07	0.60	0.23	0.02
SD day central SBP	0.29	0.03	0.03	0.84	0.19	< 0.05
SD night central SBP	0.21	0.15	0.04	0.81	0.16	0.12
Average real variability	0.34	0.01	0.03	0.87	0.24	0.01
Coeffcient of variation	0.34	0.02	0.09	0.54	0.20	0.04
Nocturnal central SBP fall	017	0.19	0.11	0.40	0.13	0.14

SBP, systolic blood pressure, SD, standard deviation, ß, standardized regression coefficient.