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Table 3 Associations of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and central blood pressure measurements with parameters of left ventricular geometry and diastolic function

From: The comparison of the impact of arterial stiffness and central pressure on left ventricular geometry and diastolic function

Parameter

Simple

Multivariablea

r

P

β

P

brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity

 Relative wall thickness

0.116

0.316

–

–

 Left ventricular mass index

−0.071

0.547

–

–

 e´ velocity

−0.258

0.025

− 0.017

0.881

 E/e´

0.194

0.094

–

–

Central systolic blood pressure

 Relative wall thickness

0.034

0.768

–

–

 Left ventricular mass index

0.019

0.869

–

–

 e´ velocity

−0.386

0.001

−0.239

0.025

 E/e´

0.341

0.003

0.212

0.074

Central diastolic blood pressure

 Relative wall thickness

0.063

0.588

–

–

 Left ventricular mass index

−0.135

0.250

–

–

 e´ velocity

0.054

0.640

–

–

 E/e´

−0.161

0.101

–

–

Central mean arterial pressure

 Relative wall thickness

0.055

0.633

–

–

 Left ventricular mass index

−0.069

0.558

–

–

 e´ velocity

−0.187

0.105

–

–

 E/e´

0.101

0.385

–

–

Central pulse pressure

 Relative wall thickness

0.002

0.984

–

–

 Left ventricular mass index

0.113

0.333

–

–

 e´ velocity

−0.490

< 0.001

−0.300

0.014

 E/e´

0.566

< 0.001

0.428

0.002

  1. a Age, sex and body mass index are adjusted in this model