Table 3.

Multiple Linear Regression Analysis of the Association Between Cytomegalovirus pp65‐Specific CD8⁺ T Cells and PWV

	Regression Coefficient	95% CI	P Value
Pp65‐specific IFN‐γ secretion (R 2=0.519)
Age, y	0.004	0.004 to 0.005	<0.001
Female sex	−0.021	−0.039 to −0.002	0.031
DM history	0.026	0.010 to 0.042	0.001
Smoking history	0.009	−0.003 to 0.021	0.161
BMI, kg/m2	−0.002	−0.005 to 0.000	0.067
SBP, mm Hg	0.002	0.001 to 0.002	<0.001
Creatinine, mg/dL	0.003	−0.008 to 0.014	0.579
HDL‐cholesterol, mg/dL	0.000	−0.001 to 0.000	0.237
hsCRP, mg/L	0.001	−0.001 to 0.003	0.361
Percent IFN‐γ+ in CD8+ T cellsa	0.020	0.007 to 0.033	0.003
pp65‐specific TNF‐α secretion (R 2=0.517)
Age, y	0.004	0.004 to 0.005	<0.001
Female sex	−0.021	−0.040 to −0.002	0.030
DM history	0.025	0.010 to 0.041	0.002
Smoking history	0.008	−0.004 to 0.021	0.181
BMI, kg/m2	−0.002	−0.005 to 0.000	0.084
SBP, mm Hg	0.002	0.001 to 0.002	<0.001
Creatinine, mg/dL	0.004	−0.007 to 0.015	0.453
HDL‐cholesterol, mg/dL	0.000	−0.001 to 0.000	0.256
hsCRP, mg/L	0.001	−0.001 to 0.003	0.351
Percent TNF‐α+ in CD8+ T cellsa	0.021	0.006 to 0.036	0.006
Pp65‐specific CD107a expression (R 2=0.517)
Age, y	0.004	0.003 to 0.005	<0.001
Female sex	−0.021	−0.040 to −0.002	0.027
DM history	0.027	0.011 to 0.043	0.001
Smoking history	0.009	−0.004 to 0.021	0.174
BMI, kg/m2	−0.002	−0.004 to 0.000	0.116
SBP, mm Hg	0.002	0.001 to 0.002	<0.001
Creatinine, mg/dL	0.004	−0.007 to 0.015	0.466
HDL‐cholesterol, mg/dL	0.000	−0.001 to 0.000	0.330
hsCRP, mg/L	0.001	−0.001 to 0.003	0.314
Percent CD107a+ in CD8+ T cellsa	0.033	0.010 to 0.056	0.006

BMI indicates body mass index; CI, confidence interval; DM, diabetes mellitus; HDL, high‐density lipoprotein; hsCRP, high‐sensitivity C‐reactive protein; IFN‐γ, interferon‐γ; PWV, pulse wave velocity; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TNF‐α, tumor necrosis factor‐α.

^aLog‐transformed.