Table 2.

Association between depressive symptoms and baPWV in univariate and multivariate linear analyses

Variables	Beta-coefficient (95% CI)
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Depressive symptoms
None	Reference	Reference	Reference
Mild	29.3 (−10.2 to 68.8)	38.6 (1.5 to 75.6)***	40.3 (6.6 to 74.1)***
Moderate to severe	92.9 (17.6 to 168.2)***	104.6 (34.1 to 175.0)**	87.7 (24.0 to 151.5)**
Male		74.1 (45.0 to 103.1)*	47.7 (14.9 to 80.5)**
Age, years
<40		Reference	Reference
40–60		142.9 (111.6 to 174.2)*	133.5 (104.6 to 162.3)*
≥60		281.2 (238.4 to 324.0)*	265.7 (226.0 to 305.3)*
Smoking			46.7 (15.4 to 78.1)**
BP categories
Optimal			Reference
Normal and high-normal			131.9 (103.4 to 160.5)*
Hypertension			260.6 (226.7 to 294.6)*
Diabetes mellitus			110.1 (75.8 to 144.4)*
Dyslipidaemia			48.6 (20.4 to 76.7)*
BMI, kg/m2
<24			Reference
24–28			−20.9 (−49.9 to 8.1)
≥28			−91.8 (−128.3 to −55.3)*

*P<0.001, **P<0.01, ***P<0.05.

baPWV, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure.