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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 4.

Hazards ratios and 95% confidence intervals per one-standard deviation increment of Pb (1 SD = 6 mmHg) for 15-year cardiovascular mortality by multi-variate analysis

Parameters A B
Brachial MBP (1 SD = 16 mmHg) 1.53 (1.18-1.98) 1.59 (1.21-2.09)
Brachial SBP (1 SD = 24 mmHg) 1.55 (1.18-2.03) 1.61 (1.21-2.14)
Brachial PP (1 SD = 17 mmHg) 1.64 (1.26-2.13) 1.68 (1.28-2.19)
Central SBP (1 SD = 24 mmHg) 0.98 (0.63-1.52) 1.03 (0.64-1.64)
Central PP (1 SD = 16 mmHg) 1.89 (0.87-4.08) 1.82 (0.85-3.87)
PWV (1 SD = 2.4 m/sec) 1.57 (1.24-1.98) 1.60 (1.24-2.06)
AI (1 SD = 15%) 1.52 (1.18-1.97) 1.58 (1.20-2.07)
Pa (1 SD = 8 mmHg) 1.54 (1.08-2.18) 1.61 (1.13-2.31)

Numbers in bold letters indicate statistical significance.

A: adjusted for age, sex, height, heart rate and the variable at the leftmost column.

B: adjusted for age, sex, height, heart rate, current smoking, fasting plasma glucose levels, cholesterol/HDL ratio and the variable in the leftmost column.

AI = carotid augmentation index; HDL = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MBP = mean blood pressure; Pb = backward pressure amplitude; PP = pulse pressure; PWV = carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity; SBP = systolic blood pressure; SD = standard deviation.