Table 2.

Correlation matrix between age, BMI, fasting glucose, MBP, HbA1c and PWV

Variables	Age	BMI	Fasting glucose	MBP	HbA1c	PWV
Age	1	0.19*	0.34*	0.33*	0.44*	0.68*
BMI	0.19*	1	0.24*	0.23*	0.17*	0.08*
Fasting glucose	0.34*	0.24*	1	0.15*	0.69*	0.31*
MBP	0.33*	0.23*	0.15*	1	0.16*	0.46*
HbA1c	0.44*	0.17*	0.69*	0.16*	1	0.35*
PWV	0.68*	0.08*	0.31*	0.46*	0.35*	1

The level of significance was * p ≤ 0.001

PWV pulse wave velocity, BMI body mass index, MBP mean blood pressure, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin