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. 2018 Apr;15(4):284–289. doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2018.04.007

Table 2. 24-h ABPM in hypertensive elderly patients with or without a fall injury within one year.

ABPM parameter With fall injury (n = 55) Without fall injury (n = 977) P value
24-h systolic, mmHg 140.9 ± 15.2 139.0 ± 15.1 0.1
24-h diastolic, mmHg 67.3 ± 7.6 70.7 ± 8.8 < 0.005
24-h pulse pressure, mmHg 74.7 ± 14.3 68.3 ± 13.7 < 0.005
24-hr heart rate, beats/minute 64.7 ± 8.6 65.9 ± 8.9 0.05
Awake systolic, mmHg 142.9 ± 16.2 141.0 ± 15.2 0.2
Awake diastolic, mmHg 68.2 ± 8.0 71.3 ± 9.4 < 0.005
Awake pulse pressure, mmHg 74.8 ± 14.9 68.7 ± 13.7 < 0.005
Awake heart rate, beats/minute 66.4 ± 9.9 67.5 ± 9.4 0.06
Sleep systolic, mmHg 135.5 ± 17.8 132.8 ± 19.6 0.1
Sleep diastolic, mmHg 62.5 ± 10.0 65.3 ± 8.2 < 0.05
Sleep pulse pressure, mmHg 73.3 ± 16.0 67.3 ± 15.7 < 0.005
Sleep heart rate, beats/minute 59.9 ± 8.7 60.2 ± 8.8 0.08

ABPM: ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring.