Table III.

CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS RELATING CLINICAL VARIABLES AND BP PARAMETERS TO LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS INDEX AND CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS SEVERITY

	LVMI	IMTmax
	(r value)	(r value)
Clinical Variables
Age	0.39	0.47
Cholesterol	‐	0.12
Body mass index	0.17	‐
Follow‐up years	0.30	0.15
Pack‐years of smoking	‐	0.29
Systolic BP
Baseline clinic	0.27	0.24
24‐hour	0.33	0.32
Daytime	0.33	0.31
Nighttime	0.27	0.34
Diastolic BP
Baseline clinic	0.23	‐
24‐hour	0.17	‐
Daytime	0.16	‐
Nighttime	0.14	‐
Miscellaneous
24‐hour pulse pressure	0.38	0.48
BP=blood pressure