Table 3. Stepwise multivariate linear regression analysis for carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity.

Variables	B	E	β	r	P
Age	0.061	0.007	0.429	0.487	<0.001
Systolic blood pressure	0.029	0.006	0.283	0.351	<0.001
Heart rate	0.024	0.007	0.169	0.186	<0.001
Lg homocysteine	1.812	0.560	0.147	0.175	0.001
Lg triglyceride	0.999	0.485	0.124	0.141	0.004
Uric acid	0.001	0.002	0.041	0.044	0.024

R² = 0.465, adjusted R² = 0.459. Candidate variables: age, gender, current smoking, body mass index, duration of hypertension, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, diabetes, fasting plasma glucose, total cholesterol, Lg triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, estimated glomerular filtration rate, Lg homocysteine, uric acid, and use of medication.