The Effects of Hemodynamic Changes on Pulse Wave Velocity in Cardiothoracic Surgical Patients

Table 2

Estimates of intercept and slopes for dependent-variable~independent-variable after using linear mixed model.

Linear mixed models
Variables	Intercept	95% CI (intercept)	Slope	95% CI (slope)
PWV~SBP	3.35	3.04, 3.65	0.016	0.01, 0.02
PWV~MAP	3.29	2.98, 3.60	0.024	0.02, 0.03
PWV~DBP	3.25	2.95, 3.55	0.03	0.029, 0.036
PWV~PP	3.76	3.44, 4.08	0.026	0.02, 0.03
PWV~HR	3.65	3.06, 4.26	0.026	0.01, 0.03
PWV~SV	6.00	5.51, 6.49	−0.007	−0.01, −0.002
PWV~CO	4.97	4.49, 5.46	0.05	−0.02, 0.12
PWV~SVR	3.86	3.55, 4.16	0.001	0.001, 0.0014

⁢ value < 0.001; value < 0.01.
CI: confidence interval; CO: cardiac output; HR: heart rate; PP: pulse pressure; PWV: pulse wave velocity; SBP: systolic blood pressure; SV: stroke volume; SVR: systemic vascular resistance; MAP: mean arterial pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure.