Table 1.
Reproducibility
| Reproducibilty | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Parker J et al. Sydney | ||
| Coefficient of variation | ||
| Within observer | Between observer | |
| Aortic augmentation index % from radial | 4.5% | 5.1% |
| Aortic augmentation index % from carotid | 6.5% | 8.4% |
| 2. Liang Y et al. [31] | ||
| Coefficient of variation | ||
| Aortic pulse wave velocity (m s−1) | 3.2% | |
| Carotid augmentation index (%) | 1.3% | |
| 3. Wilkinson et al. [32] | ||
| Difference | ||
| Within observer | Between observer | |
| Brachial PWV | 0.14 (s.d. 0.82) | 0.44 s.d. 1.09 |
| Aortic PWV | 0.07 (s.d. 1.17) | 0.30 s.d. 1.25 |
| Aortic augmentation index (%) | 0.49 (s.d. 5.37) | 0.23 s.d. 3.80 |
| 4. Siebenhofer et al. [33] | ||
| Aortic augmentation index (%) | 0.4 s.d. 6.4 | |
| Subendocardial viability ratio (%) | 2.7 s.d. 15.4 | |
| Aortic systolic pressure | 0.1 s.d. 1.7 | |
| Aortic diastolic pressure | 0.1 s.d. 0.7 | |