Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of the 751 pre-match participants with isolated diastolic hypotension (IDH), by baseline systolic blood pressure (SBP)
| Variable | IDH (Total) |
SBP (mm Hg) | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100–109 | 110–119 | 120–129 | 130–139 | >=140 | |||
| Number (%), mean | 751 (100) | 126 (17) | 184 (25) | 158 (21) | 126 (17) | 157 (21) | |
| Mean age | 75 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 77 | <0.001 |
| Female | 486 (65%) | 81 (64%) | 105 (57%) | 105 (67%) | 82 (65%) | 113 (72%) | 0.073 |
| Hypertension | 321 (43%) | 24 (19%) | 44 (24%) | 52 (33%) | 44 (35%) | 157 (100%) | <0.001 |
| Coronary artery disease | 181 (24%) | 33 (26%) | 42 (23%) | 43 (27%) | 26 (21%) | 37 (24%) | 0.707 |
| Diabetes | 134 (18%) | 18 (14%) | 27 (15%) | 28 (18%) | 21 (17%) | 40 (26%) | 0.069 |
| Mean blood pressure in mm Hg in persons not receiving any antihypertensive drug | |||||||
| SBP | 125 | 105 | 115 | 124 | 134 | 155 | <0.001 |
| DBP | 54 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 53 | 0.197 |
| PP | 71 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 80 | 102 | <0.001 |
| Any antihypertensive drugs | 331 (44%) | 45 (36%) | 68 (37%) | 74 (47%) | 61 (48%) | 83 (53%) | 0.008 |
| Mean blood pressure in mm Hg in persons receiving any antihypertensive drug | |||||||
| SBP | 129 | 106 | 115 | 124 | 134 | 152 | <0.001 |
| DBP | 54 | 54 | 53 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 0.200 |
| PP | 75 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 80 | 99 | <0.001 |
DBP, diastolic blood pressure; PP, pulse pressure