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. 2017 Jan 9;6(1):e004903. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.116.004903

Table 3.

Vascular and Cardiac Measures

Variables Men (N=1065) Women (N=1430)
Tonometric measures
Heart rate, min−1 59±10 61±10
Supine blood pressure, mm Hg
Systolic 140±19 140±20
Diastolic 70±9 69±9
Mean 98±11 98±12
Pulse pressure 70±17 71±19
Carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity, m/s 10.6±3.7 9.9±3.4
Negative inverse CFPWV, ms/m −103±28 −110±29
Characteristic impedance (Zc), dyne·s/cm5 218±74 262±104
Log‐characteristic impedance, dyne·s/cm5 5.3±0.3 5.5±0.4
Augmentation index 10.5±10.5 16.9±12.5
Echocardiographic measures
LV wall thickness, cm 2.1±0.2 1.8±0.2
LV end‐diastolic dimension, cm 5.1±0.4 4.6±0.4
LV mass, g 195.2±41.6 139.8±30.8
LV ejection fraction, % 65.7±6.8 69.1±6.3
Global longitudinal strain (GLS), % −19.7±2.9 −21.5±3.2
Global circumferential strain (GCS), % −31.0±5.5 −33.1±5.7

Values are shown as means±SD or number (percent frequency) unless otherwise indicated. CFPWV indicates carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity; LV, left ventricular.