Table 7.

Multivariate Cox proportional hazard for mortality

Parameter	Wald Z Value	P Value	RR (95% CI)	Pseudo-R2
All-causea
Age (yr)	1.448	0.14	1.02 (0.99 to 1.05)	0.036
Aortic PWV (m/s)	2.917	<0.01	1.20 (1.06 to 1.36)	0.133
Aortic bifurcation diameter (mm)	2.061	0.04	1.15 (1.01 to 1.31)	0.071
Ascending aortic diameter (mm)	0.383	0.70	1.02 (0.94 to 1.10)	0.003
Brachial PWV (m/s)	−0.212	0.83	0.98 (0.79 to 1.21)	0.001
Sex (1, man; 0, woman)	1.343	0.18	0.64 (0.34 to 1.23)	0.032
Mean BP (mmHg)	0.484	0.63	1.01 (0.98 to 1.02)	0.004
Cardiovascularb
Age (yr)	0.815	0.42	1.02 (0.98 to 1.05)	0.021
Aortic PWV (m/s)	2.391	0.02	1.21 (1.03 to 1.41)	0.153
Aortic bifurcation diameter (mm)	2.471	0.01	1.23 (1.04 to 1.45)	0.162
Ascending aortic diameter (mm)	0.831	0.41	1.04 (0.94 to 1.16)	0.021
Brachial PWV (m/s)	−0.12	0.90	0.98 (0.74 to 1.30)	0.001
Sex (1, man; 0, woman)	1.795	0.07	0.47 (0.20 to 1.07)	0.092
Mean BP (mmHg)	−0.091	0.93	0.99 (0.97 to 1.02)	0.001

RR, relative risk; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.

^aR²=0.369; P<0.001.

^bR²=0.304; P<0.001.