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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2016 Oct 27;36(12):2452–2459. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.116.307948

Table 3.

Relations of Vascular Measures with Brachial Artery Flow Reversal

Age-Sex-Cohort Multivariable*
Flow Reversal Flow Reversal
Yes
N=1994
No
N=3714
Yes
N=1994
No
N=3714
Measurement LSM (SE)** LSM(SE) P LSM (SE) LSM(SE) P
Baseline brachial diameter, mm 4.11 (0.01) 4.22 (0.01) <0.0001 4.16 (0.03) 4.20 (0.03) <0.01
Flow-mediated dilation, % 3.9 (0.08) 4.9 (0.06) <0.0001 3.9 (0.17) 5.0 (0.16) <0.0001
Hyperemic Flow velocity, cm/s 53 (0.46) 60 (0.33) <0.0001 50 (0.99) 57 (0.93) <0.0001
Carotid-Femoral PWV***, m/s 8.3 (0.05) 8.1 (0.04) 0.0016 9.3 (0.10) 8.9 (0.09) <0.0001
Carotid-Radial PWV, m/s 9.5 (0.03) 9.8 (0.02) <0.0001 9.6 (0.07) 9.8 (0.06) <0.0001
Baseline FVR (resting), (log dyne · s−1 · cm−5) 5.38 (0.01) 4.64 (0.01) <0.0001 5.32 (0.03) 4.66 (0.02) <0.0001
*

Multivariable model adjusted for age, sex, cohort, mean arterial pressure, heart rate, body-mass index, total/high density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, triglycerides, glucose, diabetes, current smoking, hypertension treatment, lowering lipid treatment, walk test (before), prevalent CVD.

**

LSM = least squares mean, SE = standard error.

***

PWV = pulse wave velocity.