Table 3 Correlation between carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity and clinical variables in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.
Variable | Carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity (m/s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Simple linear regression | Multivariate linear regression | ||||
r | p value | Beta | Adjusted R2 change | p value | |
Age (years) | 0.463 | < 0.001* | 0.238 | 0.043 | 0.004* |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | − 0.261 | 0.013* | – | – | – |
Log-operation duration (months) | 0.017 | 0.873 | – | – | – |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 0.409 | < 0.001* | 0.251 | 0.102 | 0.002* |
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 0.149 | 0.162 | – | – | – |
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 0.042 | 0.694 | – | – | – |
Log-triglycerides (mg/dL) | − 0.062 | 0.561 | – | – | – |
HDL-C (mg/dL) | − 0.113 | 0.288 | – | – | – |
LDL-C (mg/dL) | 0.051 | 0.632 | – | – | – |
Log-glucose (mg/dL) | −− 0.061 | 0.569 | – | – | – |
Log-BUN (mg/dL) | − 0.041 | 0.699 | – | – | – |
Log-creatinine (mg/dL) | 0.067 | 0.530 | – | – | – |
eGFR (mL/min) | − 0.167 | 0.116 | – | – | – |
Log-calcium (mg/dL) | − 0.147 | 0.168 | – | – | – |
Phosphorus (mg/dL) | 0.030 | 0.780 | – | – | – |
BigET-1 (pg/mL) | 0.628 | < 0.001* | 0.533 | 0.387 | < 0.001* |
