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Table 3 Multiple regression analysis between aortic PWV, haPWV and subject parameters

From: Arterial stiffness in hypertensive and type 2 diabetes patients in Ghana: comparison of the cardio-ankle vascular index and central aortic techniques

	Aortic PWV						ha-PWV
	Entire group		Control group		Patient group		Entire group		Control group		Patient group
	β	P	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p
Heart rate	0.42	<0.001	0.35	0.36	0.27	<0.001	0.05	0.32	-0.06	0.74	0.07	0.18
SBP	0.27	<0.001	0.25	0.26	0.41	<0.001	0.46	<0.01	0.58	<0.01	0.47	<0.01
Age	0.22	<0.001	0.62	0.09	0.22	0.001	0.32	<0.01	0.45	0.04	0.31	<0.01
BMI	0.09	0.142	0.01	0.97	0.09	0.2	-0.2	<0.01	-0.11	0.62	-0.24	<0.01
Gender	0.12	0.05	0.32	0.065	0.1	0.14	0.04	0.402	-0.21	0.11	0.07	0.23
HTN status	-0.03	0.361			-0.03	0.23	0.2	<0.01			0.19	<0.01
T2D status	0.01	0.391			0.01	0.29	0.11	0.02			0.09	0.12
WHR	0.01	0.88	0.02	0.95	-0.04	0.51	0.08	0.09	0.03	0.86	0.16	0.01

HTN hypertension, T2D type 2 diabetes, BMI body mass index, WHR waist-hip ratio, CAVI cardio-ankle vascular index, SBP systolic blood pressure, HR heart rate

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