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. 2016 Jan 21;15:10. doi: 10.1186/s12933-016-0335-3

Table 4.

Interaction between blood pressure and visceral adiposity accounting for the risk of arterial stiffening and albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes

ba-PWV UAE
Standardized β p values Standardized β p values
SBP × VFA −0.008 0.916 0.172 0.040
Systolic blood pressure 0.177 <0.001 0.171 0.001
Visceral fat area 0.149 0.149 −0.060 0.471
Age 0.430 <0.001 NA
Body mass index −0.299 0.001 NA
eGFR −0.146 0.008 NA
Calcium channel blocker 0.109 0.029 NA
HbA1c NA −0.138 0.009
CV-RR NA 0.148 0.005
Gender (male versus female) NA 0.130 0.015
Angiotensin receptor blocker NA 0.114 0.030
Insulin NA 0.109 0.035

ba-PWV brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, CV-RR Coefficient of variation of RR intervals, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, SBP systolic blood pressure, UAE urinary albumin excretion, VFA visceral fat area