Table 3. Multiple linear regression analysis for independent determinants of EI in FH patients (n = 176) .

	beta coefficient	95% CI	P value
Age	-0.073	-0.014 – -0.00095	0.0243
Female sex	-0.015	-0.13 – 0.10	0.7994
Overweight	0.28	0.038 – 0.52	0.0237
Smoking history	-0.096	-0.20 – 0.012	0.0824
Hypertension	-0.11	-0.34 – 0.12	0.3398
Diabetes mellitus	0.14	-0.16 – 0.44	0.3656
LDL-cholesterol	-0.000065	-0.0017 – 0.0017	0.9453
HDL-cholesterol	0.0034	-0.0041 – 0.011	0.3676
Log Triglycerides	0.085	-0.10 – 0.27	0.3797

EI, elasticity index; FH, familial hypercholesterolemia; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; and HDL, high density lipoprotein.