Association of HIV-infection, antiretroviral treatment and metabolic syndrome with large artery stiffness: a cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Independent predictors of aortic PWV in the combined HIV-1 untreated and HIV-1 cART patients

	Predictor Variables	Multiple R	R square	Unstandardized regression coefficient (B)	95% Confidence Interval	P
Aortic PWV (m/s)	metabolic syndrome	0.341	0.116	0.816	0.135, 1.497	0.019
	Age	0.447	0.200*	0.072	0.018, 0.126	0.009
	duration of cART	0.503	0.253*	0.022	0.008, 0.036	0.002
	MAP	0.541	0.293*	0.051	0.007, 0.094	0.023

The independent predictor variables entering the final model are reported. PWV pulse wave velocity, cART combined antiretroviral therapy *Significant F change in the R square (P < 0.001)