Arterial Stiffness Is Associated with Peripheral Sensory Neuropathy in Diabetes Patients in Ghana

Table 4

Multiple regression models of VPT and indices of arterial stiffness.

	Unstandardized B	Standardised coefficient (β)	Adjusted R^2
PWVao	0.026 ± 0.104	0.136	0.25 ± 0.24	0.025
CAVI	0.023 ± 0.011	0.121	0.26 ± 0.22	0.04
ha-PWV	0.032 ± 0.013	0.141	0.24 ± 0.23	0.019
AIx	−0.004 ± 0.001	−0.1	0.25 ± 0.24	0.098
Aortic systolic BP	0.009 ± 0.001	0.092	0.24 ± 0.23	0.13
Aortic pulse BP	0.002 ± 0.001	0.052	0.25 ± 0.23	0.387

Adjusted for age, gender, height, BMI, waist circumference, diabetes, hypertension, alcohol, and smoking. PWVao: aortic pulse wave velocity; CAVI: cardio-ankle vascular index; ha-PWV: heart-ankle pulse wave velocity; AIx: aortic augmentation index; BP: blood pressure. Significant variables in the model were age (, ), body height (, ), and diabetes status (, ). Significant variables in the model were age (, ), body height (, ), and diabetes status (, ). Significant variables in the model were age (, ), body height (, ), and diabetes status (, ).