From: Carotid artery elasticity decreases during pregnancy - the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study
Stiffness index | Carotid artery distensibility | Young’s elastic modulus | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
β | P value | β | P value | β | P value | |
Pregnant women | ||||||
Gestational age | 0.407 | 0.003** | -0.501 | <0.001*** | 0.459 | <0.001 |
Age | 0.170 | 0.197 | -0.192 | 0.082 | 0.057 | 0.567 |
Body mass index | 0.064 | 0.651 | 0.009 | 0.942 | 0.014 | 0.899 |
Systolic BP | 0.168 | 0.203 | -0.675 | <0.001*** | 0.318 | 0.002** |
Diastolic BP | -0.064 | 0.643 | 0.362 | 0.024* | -0.206 | 0.109 |
TC | 0.113 | 0.609 | 0.048 | 0.786 | -0.039 | 0.814 |
LDL | 0.031 | 0.886 | 0.054 | 0.739 | -0.093 | 0.509 |
HDL | 0.138 | 0.341 | 0.001 | 0.992 | 0.215 | 0.056 |
Triglycerides | -0.026 | 0.887 | 0.047 | 0.758 | -0.223 | 0.118 |
CCD | 0.124 | 0.359 | -0.093 | 0.423 | 0.121 | 0.248 |
Controls | ||||||
Age | 0.325 | <0.001*** | -0.317 | 0.001** | 0.300 | 0.001** |
Body mass index | 0.053 | 0.573 | -0.145 | 0.120 | 0.082 | 0.399 |
Systolic BP | -0.111 | 0.223 | -0.195 | 0.037* | 0.091 | 0.328 |
Diastolic BP | -0.136 | 0.144 | 0.069 | 0.693 | 0.075 | 0.436 |
TC | -0.074 | 0.433 | 0.054 | 0.565 | -0.102 | 0.294 |
LDL | -0.074 | 0.417 | 0.090 | 0.969 | -0.084 | 0.371 |
HDL | -0.002 | 0.983 | 0.013 | 0.892 | -0.041 | -0.447 |
Triglycerides | 0.259 | 0.005** | -0.141 | 0.130 | 0.236 | 0.011* |
CCD | 0.283 | 0.002** | -0.203 | 0.029* | 0.259 | 0.006** |