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Data are means ± SE of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and augmentation index measurements in female and male untreated hypertensives by stages of high blood pressure. *, p < 0.05 compared to prehypertensive subjects of the same sex; ◆, p < 0.05 compared to male subjects.