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TABLE 3.

Correlations between SBP and DBP variability and measures of aortic distensibility and stiffness

	SD of 24-h SBP – awake period	Weighted SD of 24-h SBP	SBP ARV	SD of 24-h DBP – awake period	Weighted SD of 24-h DBP	DBP ARV
Aortic distensibility
Global	−0.39^***	−0.42^***	−0.34^***	−0.39^***	−0.44^***	−0.41^***
AA	−0.38^***	−0.40^***	−0.30^***	−0.34^***	−0.38^***	−0.36^***
PDA	−0.33^***	−0.31^***	−0.24^**	−0.33^***	−0.35^***	−0.33^***
DDA	−0.33^***	−0.37^***	−0.28^***	−0.36^***	−0.40^***	−0.35^***
AbA	−0.42^***	−0.44^***	−0.41^***	−0.41^***	−0.46^***	−0.45^***
Peripheral measures of stiffness
CAVI	0.19^*	0.24^**	0.17	0.25^**	0.31^***	0.28^***
cf PWV	0.11	0.20^*	0.17	0.11	0.21^*	0.21^*
bf PWV	0.10	0.11	0.10	0.12	0.14	0.10
Peripheral distensibility
Carotid	0.15	0.17	0.23^**	0.19^*	0.19^*	0.23^**
Brachial	−0.07	0.03	0.20	−0.16	−0.16	−0.07

AA, ascending aorta; AbA, abdominal aorta; bf PWV: brachial-femoral pulse wave velocity, Vicorder; CAVI, cardio-ankle vascular index; cf PWV, carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, SphygmoCor; DDA, distal descending aorta; PDA, proximal descending aorta.

^*P < 0.05.

^**P ≤ 0.01.

^***P ≤ 0.001.