TABLE 2.

Comparison of heart-femoral pulse-wave velocity (hfPWV) and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), stratified by sex.

	n =	cfPWV Mean (SD)		hfPWV Mean (SD)		r (95% CI)		SEE (m/s) (95% CI)		RSE (%) (95% CI)
Total	4133	11.5	(3.0)	11.5	(2.3)	0.83	(0.82 - 0.84)	1.7	(1.6 - 1.7)	14.4	(14.0 - 14.8)
Women	2489	11.4	(3.0)	11.2	(2.2)	0.85	(0.84 - 0.86)	1.6	(1.5 - 1.6)	13.8	13.3 - 14.1)
Men	1644	11.7	(3.0)	12.0	(2.4)	0.82	(0.81 - 0.84)	1.7	(1.6 - 1.7)	14.5	13.8 - 14.9)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; SEE, standard error of estimate; r, Pearson’s correlation coefficient; RSE, relative standard error