Table 3 Determinants of SBP, DBP, and baPWV
From: Arterial stiffness, not systolic blood pressure, increases with age in native Papuan populations
Variables | SBP | DBP | baPWV | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Univariate | Multivariate (R2ā=ā0.40) | Univariate | Multivariate (R2ā=ā0.39) | Univariate | Multivariate (R2ā=ā0.60) | |||||||
r | P | β | P | r | P | β | P | r | P | β | P | |
Sex (men vs. women) | ā | ā | ā0.29 | <0.001 | ā | ā | ā0.24 | 0.005 | ā | ā | 0.20 | 0.005 |
Age | 0.16 | 0.079 | ā0.07 | 0.445 | 0.33 | <0.001 | 0.16 | 0.105 | 0.57 | <0.001 | 0.36 | <0.001 |
SBP | ā | ā | ā | ā | 0.75 | <0.001 | ā | ā | 0.54 | <0.001 | 0.48 | <0.001 |
baPWV | 0.54 | <0.001 | 0.71 | <0.001 | 0.52 | <0.001 | 0.45 | <0.001 | ā | ā | ā | ā |
Heart rate | 0.08 | 0.374 | ā0.07 | 0.372 | 0.34 | <0.001 | 0.22 | 0.005 | 0.18 | 0.047 | 0.15 | 0.015 |
BMI | ā0.08 | 0.379 | 0.22 | 0.016 | ā0.26 | 0.004 | 0.08 | 0.404 | ā0.39 | <0.001 | ā0.23 | 0.002 |
Urine Na/K (high vs. low) | ā | ā | 0.09 | 0.230 | ā | ā | 0.05 | 0.505 | ā0.21 | 0.019 | ā0.003 | 0.967 |