Table 3.

Correlates of 24-h ambulatory blood pressure and blood pressure variability

Variable	ARVs	ARVd	24-h SBP	24-h DBP
Age	0.395**	0.276**	0.265**	0.055
WC	0.315**	0.271**	0.464**	0.428**
BMI	0.251**	0.238**	0.370**	0.351**
24-h SBP	0.527**	0.421**	1	0.868**
24-h DBP	0.405**	0.356**	0.868**	1
24-h PP	0.480**	0.342**	0.786**	0.375**
24-h HR	0.084**	0.112**	0.077**	0.212**
Cardiac output	0.117**	0.065*	0.240**	0.229**
TPR	0.099**	0.099**	0.160**	0.171**
cf-PWV	0.310**	0.277**	0.416**	0.309**
AI	0.268**	0.196**	0.324**	0.237**
Pa	0.396**	0.297**	0.474**	0.293**
Pb	0.484**	0.372**	0.598**	0.341**
Pf	0.394**	0.305**	0.490**	0.211**
RM	0.259**	0.169**	0.280**	0.225**

Abbreviations: ARVd, average real variability of 24-h DBP; ARVs, average real variability of 24-h SBP; BMI, body mass index; cf-PWV, carotid -femoral pulse wave velocity; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate; Pa, augmented pressure; Pb, amplitude of the decomposed backward pressure; Pf, amplitude of the decomposed forward pressure; PP, pulse pressure; RM, reflection magnitude; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TPR, total peripheral resistance; WC, waist circumference.

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01.