From: Carotid artery elasticity decreases during pregnancy - the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study
During pregnancy | Controls | |||||||
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Stiffness index | Carotid artery distensibility | Young’s elastic modulus | Flow mediated dilation | Stiffness index | Carotid artery distensibility | Young’s elastic modulus | Flow mediated dilation | |
Gestational weeks | 0.401** | -0.361** | 0.427** | 0.082 | ||||
Age (years) | 0.294** | -0.309** | 0.233** | -0.027 | 0.349** | -0.341** | 0.322** | 0.155 |
Weight (kg) | 0.304** | -0.375** | 0.326** | 0.065 | 0.119 | -0.167 | 0.127 | 0.203* |
Height (cm) | 0.058 | -0.066 | 0.074 | -0.221* | -0.137 | 0.100 | -0.153 | 0.097 |
Systolic BP (mmHg) | 0.223* | -0.443** | 0.420** | 0.108 | -0.016 | -0.241* | 0.172 | 0.148 |
Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 0.150 | -0.264* | 0.350** | 0.112 | 0.022 | -0.234* | 0.203* | 0.133 |
TC (mmol/l) | 0.379** | -0.363** | 0.330** | 0.172 | 0.058 | -0.011 | 0.023 | 0.033 |
LDL (mmol/l) | 0.340** | -0.307** | 0.281** | 0.169 | 0.012 | 0.026 | -0.004 | 0.109 |
HDL (mmol/l) | 0.271** | -0.163 | 0.249* | 0.102 | -0.058 | 0.025 | -0.092 | -0.161 |
TG (mmol/l) | 0.209* | -0.289** | 0.203 | 0.085 | 0.277** | -0.179 | 0.253* | -0.042 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 0.242* | -0.328** | 0.236* | 0.148 | 0.194 | -0.214* | 0.207* | 0.162 |
CCD (mm) | 0.246* | -0.305** | 0.278** | -0.066 | 0.289** | -0.224* | 0.265** | -0.126 |
IMT (mm) | -0.136 | 0.044 | -0.347** | -0.059 | -0.056 | 0.083 | -0.296** | 0.131 |
BBD (mm) | 0.347** | -0.327** | 0.316** | -0.275** | 0.160 | -0.121 | 0.170 | 0.263** |