Links between High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Pulse Wave Analysis in Middle-Aged Patients with Hypertension and High Normal Blood Pressure

Table 5

Results of receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis for vitamin D, LDL, and oxidized LDL as predictors of pathological pulse wave velocity and early arterial aging.

Test variable	State variable	AUC (95% CI)
Vitamin D	pPWV	0.473 (0.274-0.673)	0.78
Vitamin D	EAA	0.487 (0.324-0.65)	0.875
LDL	pPWV	0.393 (0.227-0.559)	0.259
LDL	EAA	0.45 (0.291-0.608)	0.545
oxLDL	pPWV	0.547 (0.314-0.78)	0.685
oxLDL	EAA	0.484 (0.292-0.676)	0.874

pPWV=pathological pulse wave velocity (increased for age); EAA=early arterial aging; LDL=low-density lipoprotein; oxLDL=oxidized LDL.