Regional pulse wave velocities and their cardiovascular risk factors among healthy middle-aged men: a cross-sectional population-based study

Table 4 Stepwise regression analysis ^a : Associations between pulse wave velocity and cardiovascular risk factors (N = 784)

	beta	P value	R²		beta	Pvalue	R²
hf PWV			.21	cf PWV			.19
Age	.14	<.001		Age	.63	.062
Systolic BP	.36	<.001		Systolic BP	.23	<.001
BMI	.10	.009		BMI	.21	<.001
Triglycerides	.07	.062		Triglycerides	.06	.075
				Current smoking	.06	.085
fa PWV			.21	ba PWV			.34
Systolic BP	.32	<.001		Age	.09	.003
BMI	-.13	.001		Systolic BP	.42	<.001
Heart rate	.07	.051		Heart rate	.09	.005
Triglycerides	.15	<.001		Triglycerides	.16	<.001
Current smoking	.09	.010		Current smoking	.06	.049

BP blood pressure, BMI body mass index, LDL-C low density lipoprotein cholesterol, PWV pulse wave velocity, hf heart-femoral, cf carotid-femoral, fa femoral-ankle, ba brachial-ankle.
^aThe stepwise regression was performed for backward removal (p < .1) after adjusting for race as a lockterm. Each model includes age, systolic BP, heart rate, BMI, triglycerides, total cholesterol/HDL-C ratio, glucose, insulin, current smoking, and alcohol drinking as predictor variables. Triglycerides and fasting insulin were log-transformed.

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