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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2009 Jul 6;54(3):558–566. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.131870

Table 6.

Comparison of key demographic, anthropometric variables and hemodynamic parameters indexed for body size (BSA) and non-indexed for body size between subjects with and without abdominal obesity. Comparisons are adjusted for age and gender.

Variables No abdominal
obesity
(n=1927)
Abdominal
Obesity
(n=438)
P Value
General Characteristics
     Age 45.5 (45.2–45.8) 47.4 (46.9–48) <0.0001
     Male Gender 941 (48.8) 201 (45.9) 0.27
     Body Height, m 169 (169–170) 169 (168–170) 0.95
     Body Weight, Kg 69.8 (69.3–70.4) 90.6 (89.5–91.7) <0.0001
     Body Surface Area 1.82 (1.81–1.83) 2.08 (2.07–2.1) <0.0001
Indexed Variables, allometric powers
     SVR, dyn·s·cm−5m1.8 (b=−0.92) 3188 (3156–3220) 3312 (3245–3379) 0.001
     Aortic Zc, mmHg·ms·L−1m1.3 (b=−0.64) 183 (181–185) 186 (181–191) 0.32
     Total Arterial Compliance, mmHg·L·m−2.1 (b=+1.06) 529 (523–535) 493 (479–506) <0.0001
     Ea, mmHg·mL−1·m2.4 (b=−1.18) 2.97 (2.94–3) 3.39 (3.32–3.46) <0.0001
     Ees, mmHg·mL−1·m2.1 (b=−1.05) 3.39 (3.35–3.43) 3.79 (3.7–3.87) <0.0001
     Central Augmentation Index, m0.8 (b=−0.4) 156 (155–157) 159 (157–161) 0.03
     Time to Inflection Point, msec·m−0.9 (b=+0.45) 117 (116–118) 108 (106–110) <0.0001
Indexed Variables, ratiometric method
     SVR, dyn·s·cm−5m2 3336 (3302–3369) 3502 (3432–3573) <0.0001
     Aortic Zc, mmHg·ms·L−1m2 226 (223–229) 241 (235–247) <0.0001
     Total Arterial Compliance, mmHg·L·m−2 547 (540–553) 513 (499–527) <0.0001
     Ea, mmHg·mL−1·m2 2.67 (2.64–2.7) 2.96 (2.9–3.02) <0.0001
     Ees, mmHg·mL−1·m2 3.29 (3.26–3.33) 3.66 (3.57–3.74) <0.0001
     Central Augmentation Index, m2 223 (221–225) 247 (244–251) <0.0001
     Time to Inflection Point, msec·m−2 282 (279–285) 318 (313–0.324) <0.0001
Non-Indexed Variables
     SVR, dyn·s/cm5 1851 (1832–1869) 1686 (1646–1726) <0.0001
     Aortic Zc, mmHg·s/L 125 (124–127) 116 (113–119) <0.0001
     Total Arterial Compliance, mmHg/L 1000 (987–1013) 1076 (1048–1103) <0.0001
     Ea, mmHg/mL 1.48 (1.47–1.5) 1.43 (1.39–1.46) 0.002
     Ees, mmHg/mL 1.84 (1.81–1.86) 1.76 (1.72–1.81) 0.006
     Central Augmentation Index 123 (123–124) 119 (117–120) <0.0001
     Time to Inflection Point, msec 154 (153–155) 151 (149–154) 0.07
     Reflection Magnitude 0.48 (0.48–0.49) 0.46 (0.45–0.47) <0.0001

Numbers represent mean (95%CI) or count (percentage). Comparisons in hemodynamic indices are adjusted for age and gender.