Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity as a Novel Modality for Detecting Early Diabetic Nephropathy in Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Table 3

Multivariate regression analysis for factors influencing baPWV.

	Unstandardized		Standardized			Collinearity
		SD				Tolerance	VIF
Constant	1015.25	115.345		8.802	<.001
Duration of diabetes (y)	33.324	2.893	0.583	11.521	<.001	0.337	2.968
hs-CRP (mg/L)	37.878	5.678	0.299	6.671	<.001	0.429	2.332
FPG (mmol/L)	15.961	6.046	0.115	2.64	.009	0.453	2.206
BMI (kg/m^2)	9.859	4.527	0.071	2.178	.031	0.818	1.223
HDL-C (mmol/L)	-31.164	14.438	-0.065	-2.158	.033	0.964	1.037

baPWV = brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity; hs-CRP = high-sensitivity C reactive protein; FPG = fasting venous plasma glucose; BMI = body mass index = body weight (kg)/height²(m); HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.