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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2016 Nov 14;69(1):118–127. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.08427

Table 4.

Multivariate regression for the association of long-term systolic BP variability independent of the mean and coefficient of variation with ten-year change in distensibility coefficient and Young’s elastic modulus.

N=1122 Percent change in DC Percent change in YEM

Coef. (95% CI)a Coef. (95% CI)b Coef. (95% CI)a Coef. (95% CI)b
Continuous VIM-SBP (mm Hg) −1.04 (−1.65, −0.44) −0.75 (−1.30, −0.20) 3.23 (2.29, 4.17) 3.00 (2.11, 3.88)
Quintile of VIM-SBP (mm Hg)
 1st quintile (1.15–5.32) (ref)
 2nd quintile (5.33–6.94) −0.51 (−7.81, 6.78) −0.83 (−7.42, 5.77) −1.16 (−12.64, 10.33) −0.99 (−11.75, 9.78)
 3rd quintile (6.95–8.93) 2.47 (−4.84, 9.79) 1.88 (−4.73, 8.50) 1.02 (−10.50, 12.54) 1.82 (−8.98, 12.62)
 4th quintile (8.93–11.30) 1.30 (−6.07, 8.67) 0.36 (−6.31, 7.03) 9.98 (−1.63, 21.59) 10.94 (0.05, 21.82)*
 5th quintile (11.31–37.60) −9.03 (−16.55, −1.51)* −6.38 (−13.19, 0.43) 27.76 (15.91, 39.61) 25.80 (14.70, 36.92)
 Trend P-value 0.062 0.143 <0.001 <0.001
Continuous CV-SBP (%) −1.11 (−1.80, −0.43) −0.90 (−1.50, −0.29) 3.69 (2.62, 4.76) 3.51 (2.52, 4.49)
Quintile of CV-SBP (%)
 1st quintile (0.86–4.54) (ref)
 2nd quintile (5.54–6.10) −3.62 (−10.86, 3.61) −4.22 (−10.61, 2.18) 3.34 (−8.05, 14.73) 2.81 (−7.70, 13.33)
 3rd quintile (6.10–7.63) 2.14 (−5.18, 9.47) 3.03 (−3.45, 9.50) −2.55 (−14.07, 8.98) −3.21 (−13.85, 7.43)
 4th quintile (7.63–10.27) −0.03 (−7.42, 7.36) −1.58 (−8.12, 4.95) 9.48 (−2.16, 21.11) 11.30 (0.55, 22.04)*
 5th quintile (10.29–27.98) −10.56 (−18.21, −2.91) −8.66 (−15.43, −1.90)* 29.98 (17.94, 42.02) 27.94 (16.82, 39.05)
 Trend P-value 0.049 0.059 <0.001 <0.001

P-value:

*

<0.05,

≤0.01,

≤0.001.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; Coef., regression coefficient; CV, coefficient of variation; DC, distensibility coefficient; ref, reference group; SBP, systolic blood pressure; VIM, variability independent of the mean; YEM, Young’s elastic modules.

a

Model adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, study center, and menopausal status at baseline, and averaged pack years, alcohol intake, physical activity, body mass index, hear rate, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein, glomerular filtration rate, c-reactive protein across visits 1 to 5, diabetes status across visits 1 to 5, and cumulative systolic BP when CV was the exposure.

b

Model adjusted for model “a” variables and baseline DC or YEM.