Table 2.
Results of the PWA and the cIMT measurement.
| Men | Women | Regression coefficient (CI 95%)1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Median (quartiles) | n | Median (quartiles) | |||
| PWA | PWVao | 401 | 8.1 (7.2–9.2) | 67 | 8.5 (7.5–9.4) | 0.06 (− 0.32, 0.44) |
| PWVba | 414 | 13.5 (11.8–15.3) | 85 | 13.4 (11.7–15.7) | − 0.13 (− 0.82, 0.35) | |
| PWVcf | 401 | 9.0 (7.5–10.5) | 67 | 9.5 (7.9–10.8) | 0.08 (− 0.48, 0.65) | |
| AIbr | 413 | 6 (− 17–31) | 84 | 30 (2–45) | 13.08 (5.89, 20.28) | |
| AIao | 413 | 27 (20–35) | 84 | 34 (26–39) | 4.05 (1.81, 6.29) | |
| AIao75 | 413 | 28 (21–37) | 84 | 36 (27–42) | 3.94 (1.42, 6.45) | |
| Vascular age | ||||||
| VAPWVao | 401 | 61 (50–70) | 67 | 62 (53–66) | − 0.88 (− 4.73, 2.74) | |
| VAPWVba | 414 | 62 (41–75) | 85 | 61 (38–78) | − 4.67 (− 8.48, 1.90) | |
| VAAIao | 412 | 67 (51–100) | 84 | 72 (52–95) | 1.82 (− 8.00, 9.14) | |
| cIMT | rCCA | 411 | 87 | |||
| maximum2 | 1.02 (0.87–1.19) | 0.96 (0.86–1.16) | − 0.03 (− 0.08, 0.00) | |||
| mean3 | 0.82 (0.72–0.97) | 0.81 (0.68–0.94) | − 0.04 (− 0.07, − 0.02) | |||
| lCCA | 410 | 88 | ||||
| maximum2 | 1.06 (0.87–1.28) | 1.02 (0.86–1.16) | − 0.08 (− 0.14, − 0.02) | |||
| mean3 | 0.84 (0.71–1.00) | 0.82 (0.68–0.99) | − 0.06 (− 0.08, 0.00) | |||
| Total-cIMT | 412 | 0.98 (0.83–1.22) | 89 | 0.93 (0.79–1.17) | − 0.09 (− 0.12, − 0.02) | |
| Mean of the maximum | 412 | 1.34 (1.12–1.68) | 89 | 1.21 (1.04–1.64) | − 0.07 (− 0.19, 0.08) | |
| Vascular age | 230 | 42 | ||||
| VArCCA | 68 (59–81) | 67 (56–80) | − 0.60 (− 6.07, 4.88) | |||
| VAlCCA | 69 (54–81) | 71 (55–81) | 1.74 (− 5.55, 9.03) | |||
| VAtotal-cIMT | 73 (61–81) | 73 (63–81) | 1.18 (− 4.06, 6.42) | |||
PWA pulse wave analysis, cIMT carotid intima-media thickness, PWVao aortic pulse wave velocity, PWVba brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, PWVcf carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, AIbr brachial augmentation index, AIao aortic augmentation index, AIao75 aortic augmentation index standardised to a heart rate of 75 bpm, VA Vascular age, rCCA right common carotid artery, lCCA left common carotid artery.
1linear regression for PWVao, PWVcf, AIbr, AIao and AIao75, censored regression for VArCCA, VAlCCA and VAtotal-cIMT and quantile regression for PWVba, VAPWVao, VAPWVba, VAAIao, rCCA-cIMT, lCCA-cIMT, total-cIMT and mean of the maximum cIMT; age-adjusted.
2maximum value over a length of 10 mm.
3mean value over a length of 10 mm.