Relationship between smoking and a new index of arterial stiffness, the cardio-ankle vascular index, in male workers: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Results of multiple linear regression analysis conducted to assess the relationship of CAVI to measures of variables in non-smoking group and smoking group (n = 3,250)

	β	95%CI of β	Standardized β	p
Age (actual age)	0.05	0.05–0.056	0.50	< 0.01
Number of cigarettes smoked per day (actual number)	0.11	0.08–0.14	0.09	< 0.01
R square			0.45
Adjusted R square			0.45

Dependent variables were 1) age; 2) body mass index; 3) average number of cigarettes smoked per day; 4) systolic blood pressure; 5) diastolic blood pressure; 6) pulse rate; 7) low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; 8) high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; 9) triglycerides; 10) total cholesterol; 11) HbA1c; 12) alcohol consumption (amount of “go” consumed per week). CI, confidence interval.
Stepwise procedures were used in this analysis.

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