Table 1.
Distribution of Vasotens®-calculated additional ABPM parameters in normotensive volunteers according to sex and age
| Age in years | Men
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Women
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| 24 hour
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Awake
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Asleep
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24 hour
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Awake
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Asleep
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| M (SD) | Me (5–95 pc) | M (SD) | Me (5–95 pc) | M (SD) | Me (5–95 pc) | M (SD) | Me (5–95 pc) | M (SD) | Me (5–95 pc) | M (SD) | Me (5–95 pc) | |
| Pulse wave velocity, m/s | ||||||||||||
| <34 | 7.8 (0.13) | 7.9 (7.7–8.2) | 8.5 (0.17) | 8.7 (8.3–9.0) | 7.1 (0.11) | 7.2 (6.9–7.4) | 7.9 (0.15) | 7.8 (7.5–8.1) | 8.4 (0.16) | 7.8 (7.6–8.2) | 6.7 (0.13) | 6.7 (6.5–6.7) |
| 35–49 | 8.5 (0.14) | 8.6 (8.3–8.9) | 9.1 (0.21) | 9.2 (8.8–9.6) | 8.1 (0.15) | 8.2 (7.8–8.5) | 8.2 (0.13) | 8.3 (8.1–8.5) | 8.8 (0.16) | 8.3 (8.1–8.6) | 8.0 (0.12) | 8.0 (7.8–8.3) |
| 50–64 | 9.3 (0.7) | 9.5 (8.1–10.8) | 9.5 (0.4) | 9.6 (8.8–10.5) | 8.6 (0.6) | 8.7 (7.4–10.0) | 8.3 (0.24) | 8.3 (7.8–8.8) | 8.9 (0.2) | 8.4 (7.9–8.8) | 8.2 (0.2) | 8.2 (7.9–8.6) |
| >65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8.3 (0.4) | 8.4 (7.6–9.2) | 8.9 (0.5) | 8.4 (7.6–9.1) | 8.1 (0.3) | 8.1 (7.5–8.7) |
| Aortic augmentation index corrected for heart rate 75, % | ||||||||||||
| <34 | 9.4 (7.7) | 9 (−5.5–24.7) | 10.4 (8.1) | 10.5 (−5.7–26.7) | 7.8 (6.3) | 7.8 (−4.7–20.5) | 11.3 (3.7) | 11.4 (3.9–18.8) | 13.4 (4.8) | 12.4 (3.9–18.9) | 10.8 (3.2) | 10.8 (4.4–17.2) |
| 35–49 | 17.7 (4.4) | 17.8 (9.04–26.6) | 17.8 (6.2) | 17.9 (5.6–30.3) | 15.1 (3.1) | 15.2 (8.9–21.4) | 19.7 (5.2) | 19.7 (9.4–30.2) | 21.6 (6.4) | 20.9 (9.3–30.1) | 17.3 (5.4) | 17.3 (6.5–28.1) |
| 50–64 | 23.3 (12.0) | 23.5 (−0.5–47.5) | 25.2 (4.3) | 25.4 (16.8–33.9) | 22.9 (6.3) | 23.0 (10.4–35.6) | 27.0 (8.3) | 27.1 (10.5–43.7) | 27.6 (11.6) | 28.1 (10.5–44.7) | 26.2 (8.1) | 26.2 (10.2–42.4) |
| >65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33.8 (12.5) | 33.9 (8.9–58.9) | 36.2 (15.7) | 34.9 (9.9–59.8) | 30.6 (11.3) | 30.6 (8.0–53.2) |
| Central systolic blood pressure, mmHg | ||||||||||||
| <34 | 107.5 (4.2) | 107 (99.2–116.0) | 112.5 (6.1) | 112.6 (100.4–124.8) | 97.3 (1.3) | 97.3 (94.7–99.9) | 103.1 (1.7) | 103.2 (99.8–106.8) | 109.3 (2.3) | 109.6 (105.0–114.2) | 94.5 (1.3) | 94.5 (91.8–97.1) |
| 35–49 | 104.7 (1.3) | 104.8 (102.4–107.2) | 109.3 (7.5) | 109.6 (94.4–124.5) | 95.3 (2.5) | 95.3 (90.3–100.4) | 103.5 (1.8) | 103.6 (99.9–107.2) | 110.6 (1.7) | 110.9 (107.5–114.3) | 97.3 (1.7) | 97.3 (93.9–100.7) |
| 50–64 | 114.5 (11.5) | 114.6 (91.6–137.7) | 118.2 (13.1) | 118.3 (92.2–144.5) | 106.1 (7.4) | 106.2 (91.4–121.0) | 112.5 (2.3) | 112.6 (108.0–117.2) | 116.9 (2.5) | 117.3 (112.3–122.3) | 101.2 (2.0) | 101.2 (97.2–105.2) |
| >65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 107.0 (7.1) | 107.1 (93.1–121.1) | 112.9 (9.3) | 113.3 (94.7–131.9) | 99.4 (4.8) | 99.4 (89.8–109.0) |
| Central diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | ||||||||||||
| <34 | 71.3 (1.3) | 71.4 (68.8–74.0) | 75.5 (1.6) | 75.6 (72.4–78.8) | 64.7 (1.5) | 64.7 (61.7–67.7) | 70.3 (1.2) | 70.4 (67.8–72.7) | 74.9 (1.5) | 75.2 (72.2–78.2) | 62.6 (1.4) | 62.6 (59.8–65.4) |
| 35–49 | 72.7 (1.3) | 72.8 (70.4–75.2) | 77.5 (3.8) | 77.6 (70.0–85.2) | 64.9 (2.1) | 64.8 (60.8–69.2) | 69.7 (1.9) | 69.8 (65.9–73.6) | 73.4 (1.7) | 73.6 (70.4–77.1) | 61.5 (1.7) | 61.5 (58.1–64.9) |
| 50–64 | 81.6 (10.2) | 81.1 (61.2–101.2) | 84.8 (12.3) | 84.6 (60.3–109.5) | 72.7 (6.4) | 72.8 (60.1–85.6) | 73.7 (2.3) | 73.9 (69.2–78.5) | 78.4 (2.4) | 78.8 (74.0–83.6) | 63.8 (2.7) | 63.82 (58.4–69.2) |
| >65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 72.5 (2.5) | 72.6 (67.6–77.6) | 77.6 (3.8) | 78 (70.4–85.6) | 61.8 (2.9) | 61.8 (56.0–67.6) |
Abbreviations: 5 pc, the upper limit of the 5th percentile; 95 pc, the lower limit of the 95th percentile; ABPM, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; M, mean; Me, median; SD, standard deviation.