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Table 3.

Results of vascular stiffness examination and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in each group.

Examination	Characteristics	Control	Hypertension
Examination	Characteristics	Control	Total	Grade I	Grade II	Grade III
Vascular stiffness	baPWV-right	1295 ± 109	1538 ± 189^∗	1467 ± 165^∗^#	1594 ± 173^∗^#&	1673 ± 184^∗^#&$
	baPWV-left	1317 ± 91	1545 ± 212^∗	1482 ± 208^∗^#	1590 ± 177^∗^#&	1677 ± 206^∗^#&$
	ABI-right	1.27 ± 0.09	1.08 ± 0.12^∗	1.14 ± 0.12^∗^#	1.05 ± 0.08^∗^#&	0.97 ± 0.06^∗^#&$
	ABI-left	1.26 ± 0.11	1.08 ± 0.11^∗	1.12 ± 0.10^∗^#	1.06 ± 0.07^∗^#&	0.97 ± 0.07^∗^#&$

ABPM	A24h-SBP	116 ± 9	146 ± 12^∗	140 ± 9^∗^#	149 ± 11^∗^#&	159 ± 10^∗^#&$
ABPM	A24h-DBP	75 ± 6	88 ± 12^∗	83 ± 9^∗^#	89 ± 13^∗^#&	100 ± 11^∗^#&$

baPWV: brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity; ABI: ankle brachial index; A24h-SBP: average 24 h systolic blood pressure; A24h-DBP: average 24 h diastolic blood pressure. ^∗P < 0.05 vs. control group; ^#P < 0.05 vs. total group; ^&P < 0.05 vs. grade I group; ^$P < 0.05 vs. grade II group.