Table 3.
Blood pressure measurements by extreme quartiles of sex hormones stratified by age and sex
DHEAS | TT | SHBG | |||||
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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)