BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Table 5 Correlation of vascular stiffness parameters with physiological characteristics

From: Establishing the interchangeability of arterial stiffness but not endothelial function parameters in healthy individuals

	ba-PWV	ra-PWV	SC-AIx@75	EP-AIx@75	RHI
Age	0.440^a (p = 0.005)	0.320^a (p = 0.047)	0.622^a (p < 0.0001)	0.536^a (p = 0.0004)	0.115^a (NS)
HR	−0.005 (NS)	0.095 (NS)	−0.233 (NS)	− 0.144^§ (NS)	−0.164 (NS)
SBP	0.605^a (p < 0.0001)	0.356^a (p = 0.026)	0.730^a (p < 0.0001)	0.570^a (p = 0.0002)	−0.210^a (NS)
DBP	0.492^a (p = 0.015)	0.422^a (p = 0.0074)	0.517^a (p = 0.0007)	0.391^a (p = 0.014)	−0.299^a (NS)

Instrument abbreviations: VP VP-1000, SC SphygmoCor, EP EndoPat
Measurement abbreviations: HR Heart rate, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, PWV Pulse wave velocity, AIx Augmentation index, @75 Corrected to 75 bpm, RHI Reactive hyperemia index, ba Brachial-ankle, ra Radial-ankle
^acorrelations examined using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients
n = 39

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