Table 2.

Ambulatory blood pressure and vascular data.

	All Subjects	Men	Women	p-Value *
ABPM, peripheral BP
Systolic BP (mmHg)
Overall	114 ± 2	117 ± 2	112 ± 2	0.149
Daytime	118 ± 2	121 ± 2	115 ± 3	0.090
Nighttime	103 ± 2	106 ± 3	100 ± 2	0.103
Diastolic BP (mmHg)
Overall	67 ± 1	68 ± 1	67 ± 2	0.600
Daytime	70 ± 1	72 ± 2	70 ± 2	0.436
Nighttime	56 ± 1	58 ± 2	55 ± 2	0.271
MAP (mmHg)
Overall	83 ± 1	84 ± 1	82 ± 2	0.368
Daytime	81 ± 2	79 ± 4	82 ± 3	0.559
Nighttime	72 ± 1	74 ± 2	70 ± 2	0.188
Heart rate (bpm)
Overall	72 ± 1	66 ± 2	75 ± 2	0.002
Daytime	77 ± 2	76 ± 3	79 ± 2	0.390
Nighttime	63 ± 2	58 ± 2	68 ± 2	0.002
Pulse pressure (mmHg)
Overall	47 ± 1	49 ± 1	45 ± 1	0.080
Daytime	49 ± 1	51 ± 2	47 ± 2	0.155
Nighttime	46 ± 1	48 ± 1	45 ± 1	0.157
ABPM, central BP
Systolic BP (mmHg)
Overall	104 ± 2	105 ± 2	103 ± 2	0.412
Daytime	106 ± 2	109 ± 2	105 ± 3	0.316
Nighttime	94 ± 2	96 ± 2	93 ± 2	0.390
Diastolic BP (mmHg)
Overall	68 ± 1	69 ± 2	68 ± 2	0.614
Daytime	71 ± 2	72 ± 2	70 ± 2	0.564
Nighttime	57 ± 1	59 ± 2	56 ± 2	0.412
Pulse pressure (mmHg)
Overall	36 ± 1	36 ± 1	35 ± 1	0.395
Daytime	35 ± 1	36 ± 1	35 ± 1	0.291
Nighttime	37 ± 1	37 ± 1	37 ± 1	0.742
Aortic pressure (mmHg)
Overall	11 ± 1	10 ± 1	12 ± 1	0.156
Daytime	10 ± 1	10 ± 1	11 ± 1	0.362
Nighttime	12 ± 1	10 ± 1	13 ± 1	0.030
Nighttime systolic BP dip (%)	12 ± 1	12 ± 2	13 ± 2	0.799
Nighttime diastolic BP dip (%)	19 ± 2	18 ± 3	20 ± 2	0.606
Wave reflection and arterial stiffness
Augmentation Index (%)	6.8 ± 1.8	4.6 ± 3.1	8.1 ± 2.1	0.338
Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (m/s)	5.5 ± 0.1	5.4 ± 0.1	5.6 ± 0.2	0.446

ABPM, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; BP, blood pressure; MAP, mean arterial pressure. Values are means ± SEM. * Men vs. women.