Table 2. Shows the results of the multivariate analysis relating different factors to coronary blood flow.

	Cusma-Piccione et al. 2014	Hamada et al. 1998	Misawa et al. 2002
LV mass (g/m2)	p=0.008	p=0.0002	p<0.001
Carotid arterial stiffness	p<0.001	not done	not done
Male sex	p<0.001	not done	ns
Diastolic BP	not done	p=0.0214	ns
Age	ns	ns	p=0.03
Heart rate	ns	ns	ns
Carotid IMT	ns	not done	not done
Smoking	not done	not done	p=0.08