Table 4 Correlations of carotid IMT and stiffness parameters with blood pressures and cardiac function
Parameters | PWV | DC | AIx | α | β | IMT | TPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(m/s) | (%) | (μm) | (dynes/second/cm -5) | ||||
LA (mm) | r = 0.1220 | r = −0.0655 | r = 0.2211 | r = 0.0680 | r = 0.0714 | r = 0.0342 | r = −0.1696 |
ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | |
RWT | r = 0.4569 | r = −0.2445 | r = −0.0804 | r = 0.4652 | r = 0.4652 | r = 0.0451 | r = 0.0978 |
p = 0.0002 | ns | ns | p = 0.0002 | p = 0.0002 | ns | ns | |
E/Septal e | r = 0.0015 | r = −0.0349 | r = 0.4211 | r = −0.0982 | r = −0.0984 | r = 0.2279 | r = 0.1162 |
ns | ns | p = 0.0026 | ns | ns | ns | ns | |
E/Lateral e | r = 0.0555 | r = −0.1200 | r = 0.4439 | r = −0.0730 | r = −0.0733 | r = 0.1625 | r = 0.1814 |
ns | ns | p = 0.0012 | ns | ns | ns | ns | |
Septal e (cm/s) | r = −0.1814 | r = 0.0906 | r = −0.4401 | r = −0.0510 | r = −0.0472 | r = −0.2588 | r = −0.3995 |
ns | ns | p = 0.0014 | ns | ns | p = 0.0478 | p = 0.0017 | |
Lateral e (cm/s) | r = −0.3768 | r = 0.3135 | r = 0.3440 | r = −0.2140 | r = −0.2099 | r = −0.1262 | r = −0.4338 |
p = 0.0028 | p = 0.0031 | p = 0.0135 | ns | ns | ns | p = 0.0005 | |
Septal e/a | r = −0.3908 | r = 0.2327 | r = −0.2229 | r = −0.2857 | r = −0.2808 | r = −0.2371 | r = −0.2292 |
p = 0.0022 | ns | ns | p = 0.0283 | p = 0.02312 | ns | ns | |
Lateral e/a | r = −0.4665 | r = 0.3135 | r = −0.1709 | r = −0.2140 | r = −0.3946 | r = −0.0944 | r = −0.1471 |
p = 0.0002 | p = 0.0139 | ns | ns | p = 0.0018 | ns | ns | |
LVMI (g/m 2 ) | r = 0.0005 | r = −0.0553 | r = 0.2383 | r = −0.0613 | r = −0.0609 | r = 0.0895 | r = 0.0645 |
ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | |
CI (L/min/m 2 ) | r = 0.0355 | r = −0.8839 | r = −0.2129 | r = 0.0357 | r = 0.0343 | r = 0.0186 | r = −0.5894 |
ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | p < 0.0001 | |
SBP (mmHg) | r = 0.5552 | r = −0.4973 | r = 0.5749 | r = 0.2855 | r = 0.2847 | r = 0.3680 | r = 0.4462 |
p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | p = 0.0257 | p = 0.0261 | p = 0.038 | p = 0.0004 | |
DBP (mmHg) | r = 0.3731 | r = −0.2939 | r = 0.6696 | r = 0.0545 | r = 0.0482 | r = 0.3833 | r = 0.4865 |
p = 0.0031 | p = 0.0215 | p < 0.0001 | ns | ns | p = 0.0025 | p < 0.0001 | |
PP (mmHg) | r = 0.5817 | r = −0.5759 | r = 0.1817 | r = 0.4863 | r = 0.4932 | r = 0.1953 | r = 0.2116 |
p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | ns | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | ns | ns | |
MAP (mmHg) | r = 0.4631 | r = −0.3906 | r = 0.6523 | r = 0.1558 | r = 0.1518 | r = 0.3891 | r = 0.4842 |
p = 0.0002 | p = 0.0019 | p < 0.0001 | ns | ns | p = 0.0021 | p < 0.0001 |