Relationships between high-sensitive C-reactive protein and markers of arterial stiffness in hypertensive patients. Differences by sex

Table 4 Regression models with the high-sensitive C-reactive protein adjusted for each measure of arterial stiffness

	Males (n = 153)				Females (n = 105)
Variable	β	Sig.	95%CI	AdjustedR²	β	Sig.	95%CI	AdjustedR²
Dependent variable: IMT maximun
Model 1	0.049	0.000	0.022 to 0.075	0.084	0.002	0.918	−0.028 to 0.032	0.000
Model 2	0.029	0.004	0.009 to 0.048	0.511	−0.009	0.452	−0.031 to 0.014	0.430
Model 3	0.025	0.013	0.005 to 0.045	0.508	−0.007	0.546	−0.031 to 0.016	0.425
Model 4	0.027	0.011	0.006 to 0.048	0.537	−0.003	0.827	−0.026 to 0.021	0.456
Model 5	0.026	0.013	0.006 to 0.047	0.549	−0.006	0.647	−0.030 to 0.018	0.459
Model 6	0.026	0.016	0.005 to 0.046	0.545	−0.003	0.782	−0.028 to 0.021	0.454
Dependent variable:	PWV
Model 1	0.066	0.001	0.026 to 0.106	0.067	0.078	0.001	0.031 to 0.124	0.102
Model 2	0.040	0.019	0.007 to 0.074	0.370	0.064	0.001	0.025 to 0.103	0.372
Model 3	0.032	0.064	−0.002 to 0.066	0.381	0.060	0.004	0.019 to 0.100	0.371
Model 4	0.020	0.254	−0.015 to 0.056	0.412	0.043	0.030	0.004 to 0.081	0.482
Model 5	0.021	0.233	−0.014 to 0.056	0.420	0.034	0.086	−0.005 to 0.072	0.504
Model 6	0.018	0.308	−0.017 to 0.053	0.427	0.029	0.151	−0.011 to 0.070	0.497
Dependent variable:	CAIx
Model 1	0.839	0.420	−1.211 to 2.889	0.004	−2.511	0.027	−4.729 to −0.293	0.049
Model 2	−0.182	0.847	−2.047 to 1.682	0.197	−2.799	0.012	−4.967 to −0.630	0.092
Model 3	0.020	0.983	−1.837 to 1.877	0.172	−2.476	0.031	−4.718 to −0.235	0.094
Model 4	1.160	0.218	−0.692 to 3.011	0.279	−2.689	0.019	−4.929 to −0.449	0.174
Model 5	1.135	0.233	−0.737 to 3.008	0.273	−2.745	0.019	−5.026 to −0.464	0.172
Model 6	1.130	0.238	−0.757 to 3.017	0.270	−3.134	0.009	−5.456 to −0.812	0.204

Model 1: C-reactive protein.
Model 2: Adjusted for Age.
Model 3: Adjusted for model 2 and Waist circumference.
Model 4: Adjusted for model 3 and 24 hours Systolic blood pressure and 24 hours Heart rate.
Model 5: Adjusted for model 4 and atherogenic Index.
Model 6: Adjusted for model 5 and Antihypertensive and Lipid-lowering Drugs.

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