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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2010 Jan 11;55(3):799–805. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.139964

Table 3.

Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals per one-standard deviation increment of each variable for 15-year all-cause and cardiovascular moralities by univariate analysis

All-cause mortality Cardiovascular mortality
Parameters Women (n= 598) Men (n= 674) Women (n=
598)		 Men (n= 674)
PWV
(1 SD = 2.5
m/sec in
women)
(1 SD = 2.3
m/sec in men)		 1.76 (1.54-2.01) 1.50 (1.33-1.69) 1.94 (1.56-2.42) 1.56 (1.25-1.94)
AI
(1 SD = 14% in
women)
(1 SD = 14% in
men)		 1.22 (0.99-1.50) 1.62 (1.36-1.92) 1.37 (0.94-2.00) 2.33 (1.67-3.26)
Pi
(1 SD = 12
mmHg in
women)
(1 SD = 11
mmHg in men)		 1.99 (1.69-2.35) 1.41 (1.24-1.61) 2.69 (2.01-3.54) 1.30 (0.99-1.71)
Pa
(1 SD = 9
mmHg in
women)
(1 SD = 6
mmHg in men)		 1.49 (1.26-1.76) 1.48 (1.31-1.68) 1.70 (1.28-2.26) 1.80 (1.47-2.21)
RWTT
(1 SD = 25
mmHg in
women)
(1 SD = 44
mmHg in men)		 0.97 (0.78-1.20) 0.72 (0.59-0.89) 0.74 (0.41-1.35) 0.35 (0.17-0.71)
RI
(1 SD = 5% in
women)
(1 SD = 6% in
men)		 1.02 (0.83-1.25) 1.32 (1.11-1.57) 1.43 (0.94-2.17) 1.88 (1.31-2.69)
Pf
(1 SD = 9
mmHg in
women)
(1 SD = 6
mmHg in men)		 1.96 (1.66-2.32) 1.40 (1.22-1.61) 2.49 (1.88-3.30) 1.36 (1.04-1.78)
Pb
(1 SD = 7
mmHg in
women)
(1 SD = 6
mmHg in men)		 1.83 (1.54-2.18) 1.55 (1.35-1.77) 2.48 (1.85-3.31) 1.75 (1.37-2.22)

Numbers in bold letters indicate statistical significance.

AI = carotid augmentation index; Pi = incident pressure wave height; Pa = augmented pressure; Pb = backward pressure amplitude; Pf = forward pressure amplitude; PWV = carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity; RI = reflection index; RWTT = reflected wave transit time; SD = standard deviation.