Table 2.

Variables with significant Pearson correlations and variables entered in the final multiple linear regression model showing the independent predictors of brachial systolic blood pressure, pulse wave velocity and augmentation index

Variable	R	p	Partial Ra	p
Brachial systolic blood pressure
Sex	-0.155	0.048	-	-
Cholesterol [mmol/l]	-0.179	0.022	-0.072	0.365
DBPbrach [mmHg]	0.428	<0.001	0.474	<0.001
PPbrach [mmHg]	0.484	<0.001	0.489	<0.001
SBPcentr [mmHg]	0.591	<0.001	0.598	<0.001
DBPcetr [mmHg]	0.284	<0.001	0.329	<0.001
PPcentr [mmHg]	0.461	<0.001	0.471	<0.001
SBP amplification [mmHg]	0.281	<0.001	0.300	<0.001
PWV [m/s]	0.261	<0.001	0.265	0.001
TEMPS-A Irritable	0.171	0.030	0.151	0.056
TEMPS-A Cyclothymic	0.167	0.032	0.171	0.030
Age	0.037	0.630	-	-
BDI	0.006	0.932	0.026	0.738
HAM-A	0.062	0.430	0.082	0.299
Alprazolam	0.007	0.932	0.018	0.820
Pulse wave velocity
Age [year]	0.544	<0.001	-	-
Duration of hypertension [year]	0.250	<0.001	-0.019	0.808
CV disease	0.241	0.001	0.095	0.218
Blood glucose [mmol/l]	0.213	0.005	0.128	0.097
GFR-EPI [ml/min/1.73 m2]	- 0.308	<0.001	-0.112	0.154
SBPbrach [mmHg]	0.260	<0.001	0.265	0.001
PPbrach [mmHg]	0.507	<0.001	0.408	<0.001
SBPcentr [mmHg]	0.410	<0.001	0.369	<0.001
PPcentr [mmHg]	0.478	<0.001	0.338	<0.001
TEMPS-A Irritable	0.156	0.040	0.173	0.025
TEMPS-A Anxious	0.157	0.039	0.156	0.043
BDI	0.164	0.031	0.104	0.176
HAM-A	0.173	0.024	0.179	0.021
Sex	-0.143	0.059	-	-
Alprazolam	0.121	0.111	0.078	0.308
Augmentation index
Age [year]	0.203	<0.001	-	-
Sex	0.347	<0.001	-	-
Current smoking [p/y]	0.159	0.038	0.175	0.023
Body height [cm]	0.247	0.001	-0.021	0.791
Heart rate [1/min]	-0.195	0.013	-0.151	0.058
Uric acid [μmol/l]	-0.255	<0.001	-0.163	0.035
TEMPS-A Depressive	0.168	0.027	0.041	0.595
TEMPS-A Hyperthymic	-0.215	0.004	-0.158	0.034
BDI	0.054	0.478	-0.097	0.210
HAM-A	0.040	0.605	-0.057	0.467
Alprazolam	0.048	0.525	-0.023	0.768

^aPartial R: partial correlation coefficient, corrected for age and sex. See Table 1 for the rest of abbreviations