Table 2.

Standardized regression coefficients (β) of SBP and smoking for adult aorta-femoral pulse wave velocity

Independent Variable	Model I		Model II		Model III		Model IV
	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p
Childhood BMIa	0.011	0.749	---		---		0.062	0.092
Childhood SBPa	0.012	0.713	---		---		0.018	0.589
Adulthood BMIb	---		0.056	0.084	---		---
Adulthood SBPb	---		0.350	<0.001	---		---
Total AUC of BMIc	---		---		0.104	0.002	---
Total AUC of SBPc	---		---		0.201	<0.001	---
Incremental AUC of BMId	---		---		---		0.132	0.001
Incremental AUC of SBPd	---		---		---		0.173	<0.001
Adulthood age	0.188	<0.001	0.171	<0.001	0.215	<0.001	0.240	<0.001
Females	−0.090	0.005	0.010	0.757	−0.083	0.006	−0.081	0.008
Blacks	0.115	<0.001	0.0003	0.991	0.120	<0.001	0.122	<0.001
Heart rate	0.124	<0.001	0.101	0.001	0.110	<0.001	0.112	<0.001
Current smoking	0.098	0.002	0.076	0.011	0.092	0.002	0.080	0.010

BMI=body mass index; SBP=systolic blood pressure; AUC=area under the curve

^a, adjusted for childhood age and adulthood values and Z-transformed;

^b, Z-transformed;

^c, adjusted for average age and Z-transformed;

^d, adjusted for average age and Z-transformed