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)