Table 2.

Correlation and regression analyses of CAVI and other variables

	Correlation analysis		Regression analysis
	r	p	95% CI	p
Age	0.42	<0.001	0.03 – 0.09	<0.001
Male gender	0.21	0.04	0.48 – 1.55	0.03
Hypertension	0.06	0.41	–	–
Diabetes	0.06	0.44	–	–
Smoking	0.05	0.79	–	–
Dyslipidemia	0.16	0.06	−1.4 – 0.21	0.16
BMI	0.20	<0.001	−0.02 – 0.08	0.22
ELC	0.31	<0.001	0.61 – 1.74	0.009
Cardiovascular medication
ACE inhibitors or ARB	−0.02	0.76	–	–
Calcium channel blockers	0.15	0.40	–	–
β-Blockers	−0.21	0.07	−0.56 – 1.34	0.41
Cholesterol-lowering drugs	−0.17	0.03	−2.52 – 0.78	0.29
Aspirin	0.05	0.26	–	–

ACE = Angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB = angiotensin receptor blocker.