Blood pressure variability and its association with echocardiographic parameters in hypertensive diabetic patients

Table 4 Association between time-rate index and echocardiography’s variables in multiple linear model

	Beta	S.E.	P
Left ventricular hypertrophy
Septum thickness (cm)
Time-rate SBP (mmHg/min)	−0.029	0.086	0.739
Age (years)	0.004	0.002	0.025
24 h-ABPM SBP (mmHg)	0.002	0.001	<0.001
Diabetes duration (years)	<0.001	0.001	0.510
HbA1c (%)	0.003	0.005	0.635
RWT
Time-rate index SBP (mmHg/min)	−0.044	0.041	0.277
Age (years)	0.002	0.001	0.010
24 h-ABPM SBP (mmHg)	0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Diabetes duration (years)	0.001	0.001	0.134
HbA1c (%)	0.001	0.003	0.583
PW Thickness
Time-rate SBP (mmHg/min)	0.006	0.075	0.937
Age (years)	0.003	0.001	0.032
24 h-ABPM SBP (mmHg)	0.002	<0.001	<0.001
Diabetes duration (years)	<0.001	0.001	0.591
HbA1c (%)	<0.001	0.005	0.977
Diastolic function
IVRT (m/s)
Time-rate SBP (mmHg/min)	−5.243	9.248	0.571
Age (years)	0.889	0.174	<0.001
24 h-ABPM SBP (mmHg)	0.041	0.054	0.443
Diabetes duration (years)	−0.139	0.130	0.284
HbA1c (%)	0.644	0.581	0.269
E/E’ ratio
Time-rate SBP (mmHg/min)	0.419	1.911	0.826
Age (years)	0.128	0.036	<0.001
24 h-ABPM SBP (mmHg)	0.004	0.011	0.744
Diabetes duration (years)	0.003	0.027	0.899
HbA1c (%)	−0.042	0.120	0.727

BP blood pressure, SBP systolic blood pressure, ABPM ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin, RWT relative wall thickness, PW posterior wall, IVRT isovolumetric relaxation time. Adjusted for age, 24 h-ABPM-hour ABPM SBP, duration of diabetes (years) and HbA1c

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