Table 4.

Results of simple correlation analyses between changes in pulse wave velocity (PWV) and corresponding changes in aortic hemodynamic variables in study 2

	ΔhbPWV	ΔbaPWV
ΔAortic SBP, mm Hg	0.349	0.228
ΔAortic MBP, mm Hg	0.471	0.272
ΔAortic DBP, mm Hg	0.439	n.s.
ΔAortic PP, mm Hg	n.s.	n.s.
ΔAortic AP, mm Hg	0.289	n.s.
ΔAortic AIx, %	0.240	n.s.

Abbreviations: AIx, augmentation index; AP, augmentation pressure; baPWV, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; hbPWV, heart-brachial pulse wave velocity; MBP, mean blood pressure; n.s., non significant; PP, pulse pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.

Numbers are significant Pearson’s r values.