Table 3.

Standardized regression coefficients (β) of DBP 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	0.018	0.575	---		---		0.049	0.178
Childhood DBPa	0.045	0.166	---		---		0.045	0.154
Adulthood BMIb	---		0.085	0.010	---		---
Adulthood DBPb	---		0.284	<0.001	---		---
Total AUC of BMIc	---		---		0.128	<0.001	---
Total AUC of DBPc	---		---		0.174	<0.001	---
Incremental AUC of BMId	---		---		---		0.138	<0.001
Incremental AUC of DBPd	---		---		---		0.158	<0.001
Adulthood age	0.188	<0.001	0.171	<0.001	0.214	<0.001	0.233	<0.001
Females	−0.090	0.005	−0.006	0.842	−0.082	0.007	−0.081	0.008
Blacks	0.115	<0.001	0.025	0.423	0.120	<0.001	0.121	<0.001
Heart rate	0.123	<0.001	0.101	<0.001	0.105	0.001	0.110	<0.001
Current smoking	0.100	0.002	0.098	0.001	0.103	0.001	0.090	0.004

BMI=body mass index; DBP=diastolic 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