Table 2.
Carotid-femoral PWV for each age group in the examined population.
| Age group (years) |
n | Mean PWV (m/s) | SD | 95% CI Lower-upper limit |
Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10–19 | 156 | 5.04 | 0.72 | 4.92–5.15 | 3.12–7.33 |
| 20–29 | 110 | 5.86 | 0.92 | 5.68–6.03 | 3.92–8.14 |
| 30–39 | 109 | 6.32 | 0.82 | 6.16–6.47 | 4.08–8.26 |
| 40–49 | 108 | 6.85 | 0.91 | 6.68–7.03 | 5.0–9.84 |
| 50–59 | 164 | 8.15 | 1.17 | 7.97–8.33 | 5.46–12.5 |
| 60–69 | 103 | 8.47 | 1.09 | 8.25–8.68 | 6.46–11.2 |
| >70 | 30 | 9.01 | 2.00 | 8.27–9.76 | 5.52–13.4 |
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| Total | 780 | 6.84 | 1.65 | 6.73–6.96 | 3.12–13.4 |
PWV: pulse wave velocity, CI: confidence intervals.