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Table 4 The impact of several traditional atherosclerosis risk factors on cfPWV and SEVR

From: The association between pulse wave analysis, carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity and peripheral arterial disease in patients with ischemic heart disease

Independent variables

cfPWVa

SEVRb

β

SE

t

p

β

SE

t

p

Age (years)

0.113

0.021

5.351

< 0.001

− 0.206

0.315

− 0.654

0.031

Male gender

0.436

0.371

1.174

0.243

0.429

0.284

1.150

< 0.001

Active smoking

0.120

0.228

0.528

0.599

− 0.241

0.166

− 1.452

0.560

Arterial hypertension

0.177

0.479

0.244

0.808

− 0.349

0.642

− 0.544

0.357

Diabetes mellitus

0.561

0.446

1.258

0.211

− 0.431

0.219

− 1.968

0.746

Dyslipidemia

0.072

0.381

0.188

0.851

− 0.118

0.214

− 0.514

0.709

eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)

− 0.007

0.011

− 0.649

0.518

0.099

0.170

0.582

0.562

ABI

− 0.210

1.601

− 3.038

0.003

0.218

0.135

1.615

0.146

BMI (kg/m2)

0.206

0.044

4.684

< 0.001

− 0.195

0.654

− 0.298

0.028

MAP (mmHg)

0.064

0.014

4.714

< 0.001

− 0.246

0.202

− 1.218

0.005

  1. For all tests, a p-value of < 0.05 was statistically significant which are indicated in bold
  2. cfPWV carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, SEVR subendocardial viability ratio, SE standard error, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, ABI ankle brachial index, BMI body mass index, MAP mean arterial pressure
  3. aDependent variable cfPWV (R = 0.749, R2 = 0.561, adjusted R2 = 0.518)
  4. bDependent variable SEVR (R = 0.556, R2 = 0.309, adjusted R2 = 0.242)