Is visceral adiposity a modifier for the impact of blood pressure on arterial stiffness and albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes?

Table 4 Interaction between blood pressure and visceral adiposity accounting for the risk of arterial stiffening and albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes

	ba-PWV		UAE
	Standardized β	p values	Standardized β	p values
SBP × VFA	−0.008	0.916	0.172	0.040
Systolic blood pressure	0.177	<0.001	0.171	0.001
Visceral fat area	0.149	0.149	−0.060	0.471
Age	0.430	<0.001	NA
Body mass index	−0.299	0.001	NA
eGFR	−0.146	0.008	NA
Calcium channel blocker	0.109	0.029	NA
HbA1c	NA		−0.138	0.009
CV-RR	NA		0.148	0.005
Gender (male versus female)	NA		0.130	0.015
Angiotensin receptor blocker	NA		0.114	0.030
Insulin	NA		0.109	0.035

ba-PWV brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, CV-RR Coefficient of variation of RR intervals, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, SBP systolic blood pressure, UAE urinary albumin excretion, VFA visceral fat area

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