Clinical Study

Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity Is the Only Index of Arterial Stiffness That Correlates with a Mitral Valve Indices of Diastolic Dysfunction, but No Index Correlates with Left Atrial Size

Table 2

Univariate correlates between echocardiographic variables and indices of arterial stiffness.

E/ALAdLAVI

baPWV −0.311*0.0401010.520.0080.96
cfPWV−0.0400.110.1190.450.2130.18
PP−0.1520.340.2600.100.2380.13
ABI0.1560.32−0.0960.550.1350.40
AIx−0.0440.780.0480.76−0.0980.54
Age−0.1800.26 0.313*0.040.2100.18
SBP−0.1700.280.1440.360.1080.50

: pearson correlation coefficient; other abbreviations as in Table 1.
*Indicates .