Table 5.
Distribution of pulse wave velocity (PWV) values (m/s) in the reference value population (11 092 subjects) according to age and blood pressure category
| Age category (years) | Blood pressure category |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Normal | High normal | Grade I HT | Grade II/III HT | |
| PWV as mean (±2 SD) | |||||
| <30 | 6.1 (4.6–7.5) | 6.6 (4.9–8.2) | 6.8 (5.1–8.5) | 7.4 (4.6–10.1) | 7.7 (4.4–11.0) |
| 30–39 | 6.6 (4.4–8.9) | 6.8 (4.2–9.4) | 7.1 (4.5–9.7) | 7.3 (4.0–10.7) | 8.2 (3.3–13.0) |
| 40–49 | 7.0 (4.5–9.6) | 7.5 (5.1–10.0) | 7.9 (5.2–10.7) | 8.6 (5.1–12.0) | 9.8 (3.8–15.7) |
| 50–59 | 7.6 (4.8–10.5) | 8.4 (5.1–11.7) | 8.8 (4.8–12.8) | 9.6 (4.9–14.3) | 10.5 (4.1–16.8) |
| 60–69 | 9.1 (5.2–12.9) | 9.7 (5.7–13.6) | 10.3 (5.5–15.1) | 11.1 (6.1–16.2) | 12.2 (5.7–18.6) |
| ≥70 | 10.4 (5.2–15.6) | 11.7 (6.0–17.5) | 11.8 (5.7–17.9) | 12.9 (6.9–18.9) | 14.0 (7.4–20.6) |
| PWV as median (10–90 pc) | |||||
| <30 | 6.0 (5.2–7.0) | 6.4 (5.7–7.5) | 6.7 (5.8–7.9) | 7.2 (5.7–9.3) | 7.6 (5.9–9.9) |
| 30–39 | 6.5 (5.4–7.9) | 6.7 (5.3–8.2) | 7.0 (5.5–8.8) | 7.2 (5.5–9.3) | 7.6 (5.8–11.2) |
| 40–49 | 6.8 (5.8–8.5) | 7.4 (6.2–9.0) | 7.7 (6.5–9.5) | 8.1 (6.8–10.8) | 9.2 (7.1–13.2) |
| 50–59 | 7.5 (6.2–9.2) | 8.1 (6.7–10.4) | 8.4 (7.0–11.3) | 9.2 (7.2–12.5) | 9.7 (7.4–14.9) |
| 60–69 | 8.7 (7.0–11.4) | 9.3 (7.6–12.2) | 9.8 (7.9–13.2) | 10.7 (8.4–14.1) | 12.0 (8.5–16.5) |
| ≥70 | 10.1 (7.6–13.8) | 11.1 (8.6–15.5) | 11.2 (8.6–15.8) | 12.7 (9.3–16.7) | 13.5 (10.3–18.2) |
SD, standard deviation, 10 pc, the upper limit of the 10th percentile, 90 pc, the lower limit of the 90th percentile; HT, hypertension.