Table 2. Pearson's correlation among brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and clinical variables.

	Total		Men		Women
	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value
Age (year)	0.537	< 0.001	0.511	< 0.001	0.579	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	0.057	0.004	0.145	< 0.001	0.180	< 0.001
SBP (mmHg)	0.465	< 0.001	0.353	< 0.001	0.567	< 0.001
DBP (mmHg)	0.413	< 0.001	0.300	< 0.001	0.541	< 0.001
MAP (mmHg)	0.451	< 0.001	0.341	< 0.001	0.572	< 0.001
FPG (mmol/L)	0.287	< 0.001	0.227	< 0.001	0.363	< 0.001
Triglyceridea(mmol/L)	0.132	< 0.001	0.015	0.563	0.262	< 0.001
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	−0.110	< 0.001	−0.111	0.668	−0.184	< 0.001
ASTa(U/L)	0.078	< 0.001	0.048	0.084	0.103	0.001
ALTa(U/L)	0.083	< 0.001	−0.017	0.502	0.171	< 0.001
GGTa (U/L)	0.118	< 0.001	−0.111	0.846	0.224	< 0.001
Creatinine (µmol/L)	0.083	< 0.001	0.061	0.018	0.045	0.157
hsCRPa (mg/L)	0.168	< 0.001	0.083	0.274	0.274	< 0.001
ALPa (U/L)	0.206	< 0.001	0.274	< 0.001	0.328	< 0.001

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; MAP, mean arterial blood pressure; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HDL, high density lipoprotein; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; GGT, γ-gutamyl transferase; hsCRP, high sensitivity C-reactive protein. Data are expressed as correlation coefficient (r) and P values were calculated using Pearson's correlation analysis for clinical variables.

^aIndicates log-transformed values.