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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 7.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2002 Nov;40(5):742–747. doi: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000035707.57492.eb

TABLE 2.

Hierarchical Regression Analysis Predicting Mean and Maximum Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (IMT) from Behaviorally Evoked Diastolic Blood Pressure Reactivity

Variable Mean IMT Maximum IMT
rp rp
Level 1
 Age 0.33* 0.30*
 Race 0.05 0.01
 SES −0.17† −0.16†
 Smoking status 0.03 0.04
 Alcohol use −0.10 −0.11
 BMI 0.04 0.04
 LDL 0.26* 0.21*
 HDL 0.03 0.06
 Triglycerides 0.04 0.07
 Glucose 0.06 0.08
 Insulin −0.13 −0.16*
 Screening DBP −0.22* −0.20*
 Baseline DBP 0.13 0.10
Level 2
 DBP reactivity 0.14† 0.14†

For mean IMT, Level 1 R2=0.364, P<0.001; Level 2 ΔR2=0.013, P<0.05. For maximum IMT Level 1 R2=0.328, P<0.001; Level 2 ΔR2=0.013, P<0.05. rp represents the partial correlation between each independent variable and carotid IMT after adjusting both the independent variable and IMT for other independent variables in the model.

*

P<0.01;

†

P<0.05.