Table 4.
Spearman rank correlations for vascular variables at baseline.
| PWVao | AIxao | cIMT | cIM-GSM | IMTrad | SI | RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.34*** | −0.11 | 0.20** | 0.16* | 0.12 |
| Gender | 0.23** | 0.45*** | −0.11 | 0.10 | −0.24** | −0.25*** | −0.35*** |
| Height | −0.21** | −0.52*** | 0.07 | −0.03 | 0.16* | 0.12 | 0.17* |
| Weight | 0.02 | −0.33*** | 0.16* | −0.21** | 0.28*** | −0.04 | −0.05 |
| BMI | 0.18* | 0.05 | 0.15* | −0.18* | 0.20** | −0.15* | −0.19* |
| HR | 0.10 | −0.25*** | −0.16* | −0.08 | 0.02 | 0.07 | −0.35*** |
| SBP | 0.36*** | 0.33*** | 0.12 | −0.15* | 0.13 | 0.29*** | 0.07 |
| DBP | 0.34*** | 0.27*** | −0.03 | −0.12 | 0.06 | 0.30*** | 0.01 |
| MAP | 0.36*** | 0.33*** | 0.12 | −0.15* | 0.13 | 0.29*** | 0.07 |
| SVR | 0.31*** | 0.53*** | 0.06 | −0.08 | −0.04 | 0.17* | 0.06 |
| Cholesterol | 0.11 | 0.12 | −0.18** | 0.03 | −0.16* | −0.08 | 0.10 |
| HDL cholesterol | 0.13 | 0.32*** | −0.17* | 0.15* | −0.24** | −0.02 | −0.15* |
| LDL cholesterol | 0.05 | 0.03 | −0.15* | 0.04 | −0.13 | −0.13 | −0.09 |
| TG | 0.10 | −0.12 | −0.03 | −0.24*** | 0.17* | −0.03 | −0.02 |
| Plasma glucose | −0.06 | −0.08 | 0.26*** | −0.08 | 0.21** | 0.12 | 0.11 |
| HbA1c | −0.05 | −0.10 | 0.30*** | −0.26*** | 0.18* | 0.09 | 0.08 |
HR: heart rate; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; MAP: mean arterial blood pressure; SVR: systemic vascular resistance; PWVao: aortic pulse wave velocity; AIxao: aortic augmentation index; cIMT: carotid intima–media thickness; IM-GSM: carotid intima–media grey scale median; IMTrad: intima–media thickness in the radial artery; SI: stiffness index; RI: reflection index, LDL: low-density lipoprotein.
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< 0.05, ** < 0.01, *** < 0.001