Factors Associated with Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity in an Apparently Healthy Chinese Population

Table 3

Coefficients of variables in multivariate linear regression analyses.

BP indices as independent variables		Unstandardized coefficients (95% confidence interval)			Standardized coefficients
		Age	BP indices	RHR	Age	BP indices	RHR
Total	Sum-PP	9.8 (8.8, 10.8)	2.8 (2.5, 3.1)	8.2 (7.0, 9.4)	0.42	0.41	0.26
	Brachial SBP	10.2 (9.2, 11.1)	9.7 (8.7, 10.6)	5.6 (4.4, 6.8)	0.45	0.42	0.18
	Brachial DBP	13.9 (13.0, 14.9)	8.7 (7.3, 10.2)	5.6 (4.2, 6.9)	0.60	0.25	0.17
	Brachial PP	11.2 (9.8, 12.6)	11.5 (10.1, 12.9)	8.3 (7.0, 9.5)	0.48	0.36	0.26
	Ankle SBP	10.7 (9.8, 11.7)	6.3 (5.7, 6.9)	7.5 (6.4, 8.7)	0.46	0.41	0.24
	Ankle DBP	13.8 (12.9, 14.7)	9.5 (8.1, 10.9)	6.4 (5.2, 7.7)	0.60	0.28	0.20
	Ankle PP	10.9 (9.8, 11.9)	7.1 (6.2, 7.9)	8.2 (6.9, 9.4)	0.47	0.35	0.26
Male	Sum-PP	8.6 (7.2, 10.0)	2.5 (2.1, 3.0)	9.1 (7.4, 10.8)	0.42	0.40	0.34
	Brachial SBP	8.9 (7.6, 10.1)	9.8 (8.5, 11.2)	5.6 (4.1, 7.3)	0.43	0.45	0.21
	Brachial DBP	11.3 (10.0, 12.7)	9.7 (7.4, 11.9)	5.1 (3.2, 7.0)	0.55	0.30	0.19
	Brachial PP	8.9 (7.5, 10.3)	11.2 (9.1, 13.3)	9.1 (7.4, 10.8)	0.44	0.36	0.33
	Ankle SBP	8.8 (7.5, 10.1)	6.0 (5.1, 6.9)	7.9 (6.3, 9.5)	0.43	0.42	0.29
	Ankle DBP	11.2 (9.9, 12.4)	11.0 (9.0, 13.0)	6.1 (4.4, 7.9)	0.54	0.36	0.23
	Ankle PP	9.2 (7.8, 10.6)	6.0 (4.8, 7.3)	9.0 (7.3, 10.8)	0.45	0.33	0.33
Female	Sum-PP	10.9 (9.5, 12.4)	3.0 (2.6, 3.4)	8.3 (6.6, 9.9)	0.44	0.42	0.23
	Brachial SBP	12.1 (10.6, 13.5)	9.2 (7.9, 10.6)	5.7 (4.0, 7.4)	0.51	0.39	0.16
	Brachial DBP	16.1 (14.8,17.4)	7.4 (5.2, 9.5)	5.8 (3.9, 7.7)	0.65	0.19	0.16
	Brachial PP	13.6 (11.7, 15.5)	12.0 (10.0, 13.9)	8.0 (6.3, 9.7)	0.55	0.37	0.22
	Ankle SBP	12.9 (11.5, 14.3)	6.3 (5.4, 7.3)	7.2 (5.6, 8.9)	0.52	0.39	0.20
	Ankle DBP	16.6 (15.2, 18.0)	8.2 (6.1, 10.2)	6.5 (4.6, 8.3)	0.67	0.21	0.18
	Ankle PP	12.6 (11.2, 14.0)	7.6 (6.4, 8.8)	8.2 (6.5, 9.9)	0.51	0.35	0.23

RHR: resting heart rate; BP: blood pressure; SBP: systolic BP; DBP: diastolic BP; PP: pulse pressure.