Association between Carotid Wall Shear Rate and Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Hypertension and Atherosclerosis of Peripheral Arteries

Table 4

Parameters of linear regression equations.

Characteristics	R	R^2	B	95% CI for B	р
Ep	0.229	0.052	-0.065	(-0.120) - (-0.100)	0.021
Index-β	0.147	0.022	-4.288	(-10.157) -1,581	0.150
D	0.332	0.110	0.332	0.287 – 0.991	0.0001
crPWV	0.251	0.063	-13.142	(-25.122) - (-1.163)	0.032
cfPWV	0.368	0.136	-18.546	(-29.627) - (-7.465)	0.001

Ep: Peterson’s elastic modulus; SI β: stiffness index β; D: distensibility; cfPWV: carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity; crPWV: carotid-radial pulse wave velocity.