Table 4.
Correlations between blood pressure levels and organ damage
cSVD score | LVMI | eGFR | UAE | Number of organ damages | |
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SBP | r = 0.294, P = 0.009 | r = 0.406, P < 0.001 | r=−0.248, P = 0.029 | r = 0.388, P < 0.001 | ρ = 0.286, P = 0.011 |
DBP | r = 0.194, P = 0.089 | r = 0.319, P = 0.004 | r = 0.034, P = 0.767 | r = 0.334, P = 0.003 | ρ = 0.276, P = 0.014 |
MAP | r = 0.273, P = 0.016 | r = 0.405, P < 0.001 | r=−0.119, P = 0.298 | r = 0.403, P < 0.001 | ρ = 0.326, P = 0.004 |
cSVD, cerebral small vessel disease; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; MAP, mean arterial pressure; ρ, Spearman's correlation coefficient; r, Pearson's correlation coefficient; SBP, systolic blood pressure; UAE, urinary albumin excretion.