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Table 3 Logistic regression of the association between aortic stiffness and clinical factors with CVD events

From: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance measures of aortic stiffness in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes: association with glycaemic control and clinical outcomes

 

Hazard ratio

95% CI

P value

AAD

0.49

(0.25; 0.95)

0.01

DAD

0.70

(0.41; 1.20)

0.19

PWV

1.07

(0.90; 1.26)

0.45

Age

1.05

(1.00; 1.10)

0.07

Gender

0.19

(0.02; 1.52)

0.12

Body mass index

0.97

(0.86; 1.09)

0.62

Duration of diabetes

0.99

(0.88; 1.10)

0.80

HbA1c

0.98

(0.95; 1.02)

0.35

Median HbA1c since diagnosis

1.01

(0.97; 1.04)

0.75

Maximum HbA1c since diagnosis

1.00

(0.97; 1.02)

0.74

Microalbuminuria

2.19

(0.77; 6.16)

0.13

24 h systolic BP

1.02

(0.99; 1.06)

0.18

24 h diastolic BP

1.01

(0.95; 1.06)

0.80

Total cholesterol

0.89

(0.56; 1.43)

0.64

Smoking

3.38

(1.03; 11.15)

0.05

Serum aldosterone

1.00

(0.99; 1.00)

0.33

High sensitivity C reactive protein

0.99

(0.90; 1.09)

0.87

  1. Significant associations in italics
  2. CI confidence interval, AAD ascending aorta distensibility, DAD descending aorta distensibility, PWV pulse wave velocity, CVD cardiovascular disease