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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Hypertens. 2018 Nov;36(11):2237–2244. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001812

Table 3.

Blood pressure measurements by extreme quartiles of sex hormones stratified by age and sex

DHEAS TT SHBG
Q1 Q4 Q1 Q4 Q1 Q4
Men, <60 n=24 1 13 7 4 11 5
Mean Seated BP Systolic 119 ± 0 119 ± 8 123 ± 5 113 ± 10 123 ± 8 111 ± 11
Diastolic 81 ± 0 77 ± 7 79 ± 3 74 ± 10 75 ± 9 72 ± 8
Mean ABP Systolic 134 ± 0 127 ± 7 126 ± 8 131 ± 4 127 ± 7 130 ± 4
Diastolic 79 ± 0 81 ± 6 79 ± 6 82 ± 2 80 ± 5 81 ± 5
Blunted Nocturnal Fall, % Systolic 100 31 29 50 36 60
Diastolic 100 23 0 50 9 40
Men, >=60 n=82 26 13 19 22 15 21
Mean Seated BP Systolic 125 ±17 125 ± 15 129 ± 13 117 ± 13 126 ± 11 120 ± 16
Diastolic 69 ± 12 78 ± 7 71 ± 14 69 + 8 75 ± 9 72 ± 8
Mean ABP Systolic 131 ± 10 134 ± 18 135 ± 12 123 ± 8 133 ± 8 126 ± 15
Diastolic 77 ± 5 78 + 9 79 ± 4 76 ± 5 79 ± 5 78± 7
Blunted Nocturnal Fall, % Systolic 46 46 42 50 53 48
Diastolic 35 23 21 32 40 33
Women, <60 n=34 5 9 8 8 8 7
Mean Seated BP Systolic 114 ± 9 121 ± 13 123 ± 12 120 ± 12 119 ± 18 118 ± 11
Diastolic 72 ± 6 69 ± 13 68 ± 12 68 ± 13 70 ± 12 77 ± 8
Mean ABP Systolic 118 ± 5 127 ± 11 129 ± 12 128 ± 9 128 ± 12 123 ± 9
Diastolic 74 ± 3 80 ± 9 78 ± 5 77 ± 10 79 ± 9 77 ± 7
Blunted Nocturnal Fall, % Systolic 60 56 38 63 63 0
Diastolic 20 11 13 38 50 0
Women, >= 60 n=89 24 22 20 24 22 24
Mean Seated BP Systolic 121 ±10 121 ± 13 121 ± 11 122 ± 12 124 ± 10 116 ± 11
Diastolic 70 ±10 69 ± 9 70 ± 10 68 ± 10 71 ± 11 68 ± 10
Mean ABP Systolic 129 ± 12 128 ± 11 129 ± 13 128 ± 8 128 ± 9 129 ± 11
Diastolic 76 ± 7 76 ± 8 76 ± 9 75 ± 8 74 ± 6 76 ± 8
Blunted Nocturnal Fall, % Systolic 54 50 55 46 45 58
Diastolic 25 9 25 13 14 21

DHEAS: dehydroepiandrosterone; TT: total testosterone, SHBG: sex hormone binding globulin

Significant differences across extreme quartiles in bold, based on t-test or χ2 tests as appropriate (p<0.05)