Table 2.
Comparison of Demographic Variables and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Participants with Central Pulse Pressure <50 mmHg vs. ≥50 mmHg
| Variable | PP <50 mmHg (n=1791) |
PP ≥50 mmHg (n=614) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 61.6±7.0 | 66.6±8.0 | <0.001 |
| Male gender (%) | 38.7 | 23.7 | <0.001 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 31.5±6.8 | 30.9±6.1 | 0.049 |
| Hypertension (%) | 43.3 | 77.2 | <0.001 |
| Diabetes mellitus (%) | 44.9 | 53.5 | <0.001 |
| Current smoking (%) | 29.5 | 22.1 | <0.001 |
| Brachial SBP (mmHg) | 126±16 | 146±21 | <0.001 |
| Brachial DBP (mmHg) | 75±10 | 74±11 | 0.126 |
| Brachial PP (mmHg) | 51±13 | 73±18 | <0.001 |
| Heart rate (bpm) | 70±11 | 66±10 | <0.001 |
| Total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol | 4.8±1.5 | 4.6±1.5 | 0.016 |
| Creatinine (mg/dl) | 0.8 (0.2) | 0.8 (0.3) | 0.004* |
| Fibrinogen (mg/dl) | 380±121 | 396±126 | 0.007 |
Abbreviations: DBP=diastolic blood pressure; HDL=high density lipoprotein; PP=pulse pressure; SBP=systolic blood pressure
*
Compared by Mann-Whitney test and reported as median (inter-quartile range).