Table 2. Pearson’s correlation analysis for carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (n = 713).
| Variables | r | P |
| Sex (male = 0, female = 1) | 0.016 | 0.678 |
| Age | 0.322 | <0.001 |
| Current smoking (N = 0, Y = 1) | –0.010 | 0.798 |
| Body mass index | 0.144 | <0.001 |
| Duration of hypertension | 0.271 | <0.001 |
| Systolic blood pressure | 0.274 | <0.001 |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 0.025 | 0.506 |
| Heart rate | 0.038 | 0.332 |
| Fasting plasma glucose | 0.064 | 0.101 |
| Total cholesterol | –0.087 | 0.025 |
| Lg triglyceride | 0.028 | 0.469 |
| HDL-C | –0.084 | 0.031 |
| LDL-C | –0.062 | 0.106 |
| eGFR | 0.137 | 0.005 |
| Uric acid | 0.068 | 0.078 |
| Lg homocysteine | 0.275 | <0.001 |
eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtration rate; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.