Table 2B.

Blood pressure, microvascular features and cholesterol according to severity of MVM (range 0–9)

	per 1 unit increase in MVM severity
	unadjusted	p-value	adjusted*	p-value
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	1.23	0.001	1.05	0.010
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	1.08	0.0001	0.89	0.003
Vessel density, micrometers/mm2*	−30	0.423	−60	0.211
Vessel diameter, μm*	−0.10	0.003	−0.08	0.039
Red blood cell filling, percent*	0.50%	0.001	0.30%	0.085
Perfused boundary region, μm*	−0.013	0.071	−0.010	0.267
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	2.26	0.014	1.57	0.148
LDL cholesterol, mg/dl	2.04	0.065	1.66	0.194

^*Adjusted for race, age, follow-up time, pre-pregnancy obesity, sodium, preeclampsia, small for gestational age birth, preterm delivery, anti-hypertensive medication use