Table 7.

Arterial stiffness indices according to quartiles of UACR: Adjusted analyses^a

Model	CCA					BA
Model		β	95% CI	P	β	95% CI	P	β	95% CI	P
Distensibility coefficient
gender/age/GTS	−0.533	−0.806 to −0.259	<0.001	−0.030	−0.302 to 0.243	0.83	−0.058	−0.199 to 0.084	0.43
2 + MAP	−0.235	−0.488 to 0.018	0.07	0.142	−0.128 to 0.412	0.30	0.053	−0.087 to 0.194	0.46
2 + eGFR	−0.317	−0.574 to −0.059	0.02	0.067	−0.209 to 0.344	0.63	0.018	−0.127 to 0.163	0.81
3 + RR	−0.296	−0.550 to −0.041	0.02	0.064	−0.211 to 0.338	0.65	0.022	−0.123 to 0.167	0.77
3 + CVD	−0.363	−0.627 to−0.099	0.01	0.052	−0.234 to 0.337	0.72	0.029	−0.121 to 0.178	0.71
Compliance coefficient
gender/age/GTS	−0.009	−0.023 to 0.006	0.23	0.002	−0.003 to 0.006	0.47	−0.014	−0.026 to −0.002	0.02
2 + MAP	−0.004	−0.015 to 0.014	0.95	0.004	−0.001 to 0.009	0.08	−0.007	−0.019 to 0.005	0.25
2 + eGFR	−0.001	−0.016 to 0.014	0.88	0.004	−0.001 to 0.008	0.14	−0.007	−0.019 to 0.005	0.27
3 + RR	−0.001	−0.016 to 0.014	0.89	0.003	−0.001 to 0.008	0.16	−0.006	−0.019 to 0.006	0.30
3 + CVD	−0.003	−0.018 to 0.012	0.69	0.003	−0.002 to 0.008	0.18	−0.007	−0.020 to 0.006	0.28
E_inc
gender/age/GTS	0.069	0.034 to 0.104	<0.001
2 + MAP	0.034	0.001 to 0.067	0.04
2 + eGFR	0.034	0.002 to 0.066	0.04
3 + RR	0.033	0.001 to 0.065	0.04
3 + CVD	0.040	0.007 to 0.073	0.02

↵^a Data are expressed as unstandardized regression coefficients β and their 95% CI. β coefficients represent the change in stiffness per quartile increase in UACR. RR, hypertension.