Association of arterial stiffness with single nucleotide polymorphism rs1333049 and metabolic risk factors

Table 3 Correlations between pulse wave velocities and anthropometric and blood chemistry variables

Parameters	baPWV	aaPWV	afPWV
Age (years)	0.291†	0.358†	0.277†
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.212*	0.332†	0.242†
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.153	0.140	0.139
Waist circumference (cm)	0.162*	0.197*	0.352†
Body mass index (kg/m²)	−0.011	0.015	0.257†
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	0.001	−0.027	0.129
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	−0.065	−0.074	−0.114
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	−0.041	0.060	0.172*
HOMA-IR	−0.012	0.108	0.166*
hsCRP (mg/L)	0.060	0.116	0.225*
Uric acid (mg/dL)	0.061	0.150	0.203*

HDL, high-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance; hsCRP, high sensitivity C-reactive protein; baPWV, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity; aaPWV, aortic-ankle pulse wave velocity; afPWV, aortic-femoral pulse wave velocity. * P <0.05; † P <0.001.

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