. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2015 Jan 15;28(4):430–436. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.12.011

Table 2.

Central blood pressure, arterial stiffness and wave reflection parameters in relation to the severity of aortic valve calcification

	Aortic valve calcification

	None / Mild focal	Mild diffuse	Moderate-severe focal	Moderate-severe diffuse	P value
cSBP, mmHg	121.7 ± 21.5	119.3 ± 18.0	120.6 ± 20.6	125.1 ± 19.0	.225
cDBP, mmHg	72.7 ± 10.5	72.2 ± 10.1	70.8 ± 10.3	67.9 ± 9.6	.069
cPP, mmHg	49.0 ± 18.4	47.1 ± 14.6	49.8 ± 16.1	57.2 ± 17.3 ^*^†^‡	.003
cPP/SVi, mmHg·m² /ml	1.48 ± 0.75	1.41 ± 0.53	1.59 ± 0.56	1.71 ± 0.64^†	.003
Total arterial compliance, ml/mmHg	1.19 ± 0.57	1.19 ± 0.55	1.06 ± 0.51^†	0.91 ± 0.33 ^*^†	.014
Augmentation pressure, mmHg	14.2 ± 8.7	14.4 ± 7.6	15.4 ± 8.2	19.9 ± 9.1 ^*^†^‡	.002
Augmentation index, %	27.4 ± 9.6	29.3 ± 9.5^*	29.4 ± 9.5	33.6 ± 8.9 ^*^†^‡	.008
Augmentation index at HR 75, %	24.7 ± 8.0	25.5±8.3	25.4±9.6	29.1±8.1	.073
Time to reflection, msec	135.5 ± 10.7	135.9 ± 9.9	136.6 ± 10.5	131.6 ± 10.2	.112

cDBP, Central diastolic blood pressure; cPP, central pulse pressure; cSBP, central systolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate; SVi, stroke volume index.

Data are expressed as mean ± SD.

P < .05 vs. none/mild focal AVC;

^†

P < .05 vs. mild diffuse AVC;

^‡

P <05 vs. moderate-severe focal AVC.