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

Table 5

Parameters of multiple regression analysis.

Characteristics	R	R^2	B	95% CI for B	р
Ep	0.321	0.103	-0.288	(-0.138) – (-0.018)	0.012
Index-β	0.470	0.221	-0.135	(-9.82) – 2.38	0.227
D	0.511	0.261	0.257	0.239-0.887	0.005
crPWV	0.604	0.365	-0.129	(-18.80) – (6.05)	0.306
cfPWV	0.539	0.352	-0.55	(-18.36) – (12.89)	0.726

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