Table 2.

Peripheral and central hemodynamic parameters of the study population, according to increasing tertiles of serum UA.

	All	I Tertile	II Tertile	III Tertile	p
Variables	(n = 1114)	(n = 371)	(n = 371)	(n = 372)
HR, bpm	67.5 ± 20.9	67.5 ± 11.5	67.1 ± 12.5	68.7 ± 33.1	0.591
SBP, mmHg	143.9 ± 14.1	142.4 ± 13.5	143.4 ± 13.9	145.9 ± 14.3	0.002
DBP, mmHg	89.3 ± 8.2	90,1 ± 8,2	88.6 ± 8.1	87.9 ± 9.3	0.064
PP, mmHg	54 ± 15.4	53 ± 13.5	53 ± 15.2	56 ± 15.6	0.004
Central-SBP, mmHg	131 ± 13.4	129 ± 12.9	131 ± 14.5	132 ± 12.7	0.025
Central-DBP, mmHg	88 ± 9.4	89 ± 9.2	88 ± 9.4	87 ± 9.3	0.008
Central-PP, mmHg	42 ± 14.3	40 ± 14.8	42 ± 14.1	44 ± 13.6	<0.0001
AP, mmHg	11.1 ± 7.1	9.1 ± 6.2	10.8 ± 6.7	13.2 ± 7.5	<0.0001
AI, %	25.6 ± 12.9	22.1 ± 12.3	25.4 ± 12.9	29.2 ± 12.7	<0.0001
PWV, m/s	6.8 ± 1.9	6.2 ± 1.3	6.4 ± 1.1	7.8 ± 2.5	<0.0001

Values data are mean ± SD. Abbreviations: HR, heart rate; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; PP, pulse pressure; AP, augmentation pressure; AI, augmentation index; PWV, pulse wave velocity.