Table 2.
Coefficients of correlation between vascular risk factors/markers of atherosclerosis (rows), ambulatory blood pressure and time-course of blood pressure measured by Korotkoff (K-BP) or Strain-Gauge method (SG-BP) (columns)
| Difference in K-BP between age 81 - 68 |
Difference in SG-BP between age 81 - 68 |
|
|---|---|---|
| At age 68: | ||
| Alcohol consumption | -.061 | -.060 |
| BMI | .029 | .099 |
| B-glucose level | -.015 | .161* |
| P-cholesterol level | -.018 | -.097 |
| ABI, right | .099 | .156 |
| ABI, left | .175* | .156* |
| At age 81: | ||
| Carotid stenosis, right | -.066 | .029 |
| Carotid stenosis, left | .133 | .155* |
| ABI, right | .056 | -.114 |
| ABI, left | -.071 | -.187* |
| Difference ABI right, age 81-68 | -.083 | -.160* |
| Difference ABI left, age 81-68 | -.162* | -.239* |
| Ambulatory Blood Pressure1 | ||
| 24-h SBP | .011 | .239* |
| Daytime SBP | .045 | .222* |
| Daytime SD-SBP | -.055 | .298* |
| Nighttime SBP | .040 | .264* |
| Nighttime SD-SBP | .150 | .124 |
| Pulse pressure day | .112 | .372** |
| Pulse pressure night | .139 | .330** |
* p < 0, 05;** p < 0, 0001; 1 Valid for 104 subjects;