Table 2.

Stepwise multiregression analysis for measures of arterial distensibility with BMI and BP SDS

	AC SDS R2 = 0.43			Ep SDS R2 = 0.3			β SDS R2 = 0.35			PWV β SDS R2 = 0.18
	Beta ± SE	β	P	Beta ± SE	β	P	Beta ± SE	β	P	Beta ± SE	β	P
Constant	0.54 ± 0.12		.005	−0.37 ± 0.16		.02	0.19 ± 0.14		.2	−0.3 ± 0.16		.05
BMI SDS				0.18 ± 0.07	0.23	.013	0.16 ± 0.07	0.21	.019	0.17 ± 0.07	0.22	.025
Systolic BP SDS	−0.64 ± 0.08	−0.68	<.001	0.52 ± 0.1	0.54	<.001	0.38 ± 0.09	0.41	<.001	0.32 ± 0.09	0.35	<.001
Diastolic BP SDS	0.48 ± 0.08	0.5	<.001	−0.37 ± 0.1	−0.38	.001	−0.58 ± 0.9	−0.61	<.001

BMI indicates Body Mass Index, BP Blood Pressure. All measures are expressed as Standard Deviation Scores