Resting and exercise arterial dysfunction in anthracycline-treated adult survivors of childhood cancers

Cardio-Oncology

Table 4 Univariate and multivariate analyses of arterial stiffness index and exercise-induced changes

	Baseline stiffness index				Percentage increased in stiffness index during exercise
	r	p	β	p	r	p	β	p
Age at study	0.08	0.31	0.22	0.003	0.24	0.002	0.15	0.07
Gender	−0.27	0.001	− 0.18	0.021	0.02	0.80	−0.01	0.95
At rest
SBP	0.29	< 0.001	0.59	< 0.001	−0.08	0.31	−0.06	0.47
DBP	−0.07	0.36	−0.53	< 0.001	0.12	0.14	0.09	0.27
cSBP	0.02	0.81	−0.09	0.29	0.07	0.36	0.03	0.67
Adjusted rAI	−0.15	0.06	0.07	0.42	0.21	0.009	0.10	0.22
Carotid IMT	0.02	0.78	0.08	0.29	0.32	< 0.001	0.32	< 0.001
At submaximal exercise
SBP	0.25	0.002	0.13	0.14	0.01	0.89	0.02	0.77
DBP	−0.01	0.93	−0.03	0.71	−0.03	0.74	−0.08	0.29

Abbreviations as in Table 1 and Table 2
All of the parameters were entered into the multivariate analysis. The correlation coefficient r for univariate analysis and β coefficient for multivariate analysis are presented

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