Table 1.

Patient participant characteristics.

Characteristics		Patient participants (N=20)
Sex (male/female)		15/5
Age in years, mean (SD); range		62.0 (SD 9.0); 43-77
BMIa, mean (SD); range		30.6 (SD 5.7); 21-45.4
Central aortic pressure (mm Hg)
	Systolic, mean (SD); range	133.4 (SD 22.0); 96.7-179.3
	Diastolic, mean (SD); range	67.4 (SD 8.7); 50.6-85.1
Peripheral arterial pressure (mm Hg)
	Systolic, mean (SD); range	145.7 (SD 20.2); 113.0-184.8
	Diastolic, mean (SD); range	66.2 (SD 9.1); 49.4-84.8
Wrist circumference in cm (left), range		15.5-21.5
Smoking, % (Y/N)		15 (3/17)
Diabetes, % (Y/N)		35 (7/13)
Statin, % (Y/N)		70 (14/6)
Hypertension, % (Y/N)		75 (15/5)

^aBMI: body mass index.