Table 4:
Determinants of Arterial Stiffness
| PWV | Aortic strain | Aortic distensibility | Log Beta Stiffness Index | Distensibility Coefficient | Aortic Compliance | Log Peterson elastic pressure modulus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intercept | −0.5 | 24.6 | 0.01 | 1.8 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 3.7 |
| Age | 0.07 | 0.004 | |||||
| Sex (male) | 0.002 | −0.1 | 0.003 | −0.1 | |||
| Waist/height | 2.06 | ||||||
| LDL | −0.03 | −0.00002 | −0.00005 | 0.002 | |||
| logCRP | −0.0004 | 0.05 | |||||
| Creatinine | 0.5 | ||||||
| Mean Arterial Pressure | 0.01 | −0.02 | 0.0002 | −0.008 | |||
| ABP daytime SBP index | −0.02 | −0.05 | 1.4 | ||||
| ABP daytime DBP index | 2.6 | 0.8 | |||||
| ABP nighttime SBP index | 16.0 | −0.007 | |||||
| ABP nighttime DBP index | −20.7 | ||||||
| R2 | 0.26 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.09 |
Full model included: age, race, sex, waist-to-height ratio, LDL, Triglyceride, HDL, HOMA-IR, Creatinine, Urine acid, CRP, MAP, HR, Ambulatory SBP Index Daytime, Ambulatory DBP Index Daytime. All model p ≤0.0001 and all parameter estimates ≤0.05.