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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2015 Mar 16;65(5):1015–1019. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.05080

Table 3.

Regression analysis for association of distensibility and PWV with AWT (Regression coefficients B/P).

Stiffness Measures With hypertension (N=264) W/O hypertension (N=159)
B p B p
Ascending aortic distensibility (mmHg−1) Model 1* −0.09 0.54 0.38 0.003
Model 2† −0.10 0.55 0.43 0.003
Pulse Wave Velocity (m/s) Model 1 0.008 0.046 0.005 0.6
Model 2 0.006 0.15 0.005 0.58
*

Model 1: multivariable analysis accounting for age, sex, race, and BMI.

†

Model 2: adjusted for variables in model 1 in addition to systolic and diastolic blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, LDL, HDL, current smoking status, and smoking pack years.