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Table 3 Comparison of the effects of recalculation of PWV on correlation with cardiovascular risk factors

From: Effects of inaccuracies in arterial path length measurement on differences in MRI and tonometry measured pulse wave velocity

 

cf-PWVEXT

cf-PWVMRA

MRI-PWV

Rho

p

Rho

p

Rho

p

Age

0.50

<0.001

0.65

<0.001

0.49

<0.001

Systolic BP

0.50

<0.001

0.52

<0.001

0.44

<0.001

Diastolic BP

0.08

0.4

0.06

0.5

0.08

0.5

Pulse pressure

0.46

<0.001

0.52

<0.001

0.24

0.03

BMI

0.08

0.4

−0.15

0.4

-0.17

0.1

Smoking packyears

0.12

0.2

0.15

0.1

0.03

0.8

Total cholesterol (mmmo/L)

−0.09

0.3

−0.03

0.8

-0.04

0.7

LDL Cholesterol (mmol/L)

−0.1

0.3

−0.06

0.6

-0.03

0.8

HDL Cholesterol (mmol/L)

−0.12

0.2

−0.03

0.7

-0.1

0.4

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

0.12

0.3

0.06

0.5

0.1

0.4

Creatinine (mg/mL)

0.12

0.2

0.15

0.1

0.19

0.1

HbA1c (mmol/mol)

0.22

0.1

0.06

0.6

0.03

0.8

LVM

0.14

0.1

0.03

0.8

0.04

0.7

  1. BMI body mass index; BP blood pressure; CAD coronary artery disease; LEAD Lower extremity arterial disease. LVM left ventricular mass