Table 4.
Relationships Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Carotid Stiffness Parameters in Patients with MS: The Results of MANOVA
| Total MS (+) (n = 215) | Women MS (+) (n = 109) | Men MS (+) (n = 106) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beta | Ep | AC | PWV Beta | Beta | Ep | AC | PWV Beta | Beta | Ep | AC | PWV Beta | |
| Age | 0.35 | 0.25 | −0.35 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.26 | −0.27 | – | 0.39 | 0.28 | −0.34 | 0.37 |
| Glucose | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cholesterol | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| HDL-C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| LDL-C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| TGL | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| SBP | 0.25 | 0.64 | −0.28 | 0.36 | – | 0.49 | −0.41 | 0.53 | – | – | – | – |
| DBP | – | – | −0.19 | 0.23 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.61 | – | 0.60 |
| PP | – | – | – | – | 0.36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| MAP | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.27 | – | −0.45 | 0.58 |
| BMI | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Waist | – | – | 0.22 | – | – | – | 0.29 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Women | – | – | – | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Diabetes | 0.27 | 0.23 | – | – | – | 0.18 | – | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.33 | – | – |
| Hypertension | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; MS, metabolic syndrome; LDL-C, LDL cholesterol; HDL-C, HDL cholesterol; TGL, triglycerides; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; PP, pulse pressure; MAP, mean arterial pressure; beta [-], beta stiffness index; Ep, Peterson’s elastic modulus; AC, arterial compliance; PWV-beta, one-point pulse wave velocity.