Table 3.

Results of multivariate regression analysis for assessed parameters.

	PWv [m/s] R2=0.4486; p<0.0001		AI [%] R2=0.32093; p<0.0001		IMCT for LCCA [mm] R2=0.2560; p<0.0001		IMCT for RCCA [mm] R2=0.3196; p<0.0001
	β	P	β	P	β	P	β	P
Group	−0.276	0.1812	2.542	0.0640	−0.003	0.8644	−0.013	0.5057
Gender	0.449	0.0851	−3.923	0.0739	−0.029	0.3650	−0.028	0.3479
Age [years]	0.074	0.0001	0.350	0.0001	0.007	0.0000	0.009	0.0000
SBP [mmHg]	0.041	0.0001	0.107	0.0313	0.001	0.0782	0.001	0.2113
DBP [mmHg]	−0.014	0.2280	−0.017	0.8213	0.001	0.3397	0.001	0.3842
HR [1/min]	0.013	0.2314	−0.155	0.0354	0.000	0.8821	−0.000	0.9586
BMI [kg/m2]	0.006	0.7339	−0.192	0.1100	−0.001	0.5868	0.002	0.2890
TCh [mg/dL]	−0.008	0.2957	0.260	0.0211	−0.001	0.4431	−0.003	0.0674
HDL [mg/dL]	−0.008	0.6185	−0.213	0.0454	−0.000	0.8886	0.001	0.7054
LDL [mg/dL]	0.009	0.2941	−0.268	0.0217	0.002	0.3111	0.003	0.0402
TG [mg/dL]	−0.000	0.8448	−0.028	0.1705	−0.000	0.9484	0.000	0.1997
Gluc [mg/dL]	0.012	0.1611	−0.060	0.2698	−0.001	0.4073	−0.000	0.7242

PWv – pulse wave velocity; AI – augmentation index; IMCT – intima media complex thickness; LCCA and RCCA – left and right common carotid artery; SBP and DBP – systolic and diastolic blood pressure; HR – heart rate; BMI – body mass index; TCh – total cholesterol; HDL and LDL – high and low density lipoproteins; TG – triglycerides; Gluc – glucose.