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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2021 Mar 18;41(5):1801–1809. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.121.316083

Table 2.

Factors Associated with Reactive Hyperemia Index (Unadjusted Analysis)

Reactive Hyperemia Index
Β* (95% CI) p-value

Age, years −0.001 (−0.007, 0.005) 0.72
African American −0.05 (−0.17, 0.06) 0.38
Female 0.005 (−0.12, 0.13) 0.94
Income below Poverty (<$20K/year) −0.14 (−0.28,0.006) 0.060
Body Mass Index −0.01 (−0.02, −0.001) 0.029
Ever Smoking 0.002 (−0.15, 0.15) 0.98
Diabetes −0.11 (−0.22, 0.003) 0.055
Hypertension 0.03 (−0.09, 0.16) 0.62
Dyslipidemia −0.04 (−0.18, 0.10) 0.55
Prior Myocardial Infarction 0.07 (−0.04, 0.18) 0.23
Heart Failure History −0.03 (−0.16, 0.09) 0.61
Prior Revascularization 0.13 (0.01, 0.26) 0.038
Aspirin 0.14 (−0.01, 0.28) 0.068
Clopidogrel 0.11 (−0.004, 0.22) 0.059
Beta-Blocker −0.04 (−0.16, 0.09) 0.55
ACEI/ARB −0.003 (−0.11, 0.10) 0.95
Statins 0.16 (0.002, 0.32) 0.048
Gensini Score 0.0004 (−0.001, 0.001) 0.41

Abbreviations: ACEI = Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor; ARB=Angiotensin Receptor Blocker; CI = Confidence Interval.

*

Beta-coefficient in bivariate analysis comparing each factor above to RHI expressed in standard deviation units