Predictors of functional and morphological arterial wall properties in coronary artery disease patients with increased lipoprotein (a) levels before and after treatment with proprotein convertase subtilisin-kexin type 9 inhibitors

Table 5 Linear regression model of predictors of pulse wave velocity in the carotid artery

Parameter	ß	Tolerance	p
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	0.332	3.164	p = 0.002
Lipoprotein (a) (mg/l)	0.125	1.214	p = 0.229
Apo A1 (g/l)	-0.129	-1.284	p = 0.203
TNF-alpha (ng/l)	0.406	3.229	p = 0.002
IL-8 (ng/l)	-0.315	-2.497	p = 0.015
PAI-1 (ng/ml)	0.229	2.194	p = 0.031

R² (part of variability explained with the model) = 0.527, p = 0.001, Apo A1 apolipoprotein A1, TNF-alpha tumor necrosis factor alpha, IL-8 interleukin 8, PAI-1 – plasminogen activator inhibitor 1

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