Table 2.
Peripheral and central blood pressure, pulse wave velocity, and AIx in patients with NT, CH, and UH by sex
| NT (n = 231) | CH (n = 444) | UH (n = 517) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | P value | Male | Female | P value | Male | Female | P value | |
| No. | 100 | 131 | 170 | 274 | 201 | 316 | |||
| Age, y | 70.2 ± 7.6 | 66.3 ± 5.9 | <0.0001 | 70.5 ± 6.4 | 67.6 ± 6.4 | <0.0001 | 70.3 ± 7.6 | 70.1 ± 7.0 | 0.3861 |
| Heart rate, beats per min | 67.0 ± 9.7 | 69.2 ± 10.6 | 0.9478 | 65.9 ± 12.0 | 71.6 ± 11.7 | <0.0001 | 67.4 ± 11.9 | 70.5 ± 11.8 | <0.0001 |
| Race, No./% | |||||||||
| White | 10/10 | 12/9 | 1 | 19/11 | 19/7 | 1 | 21/10 | 18/6 | 1 |
| Black | 20/20 | 18/14 | 1 | 40/24 | 55/20 | 1 | 37/18 | 69/22 | 1 |
| Nonblack | 70/70 | 101/77 | 1 | 111/65 | 200/63 | 1 | 143/72 | 229/72 | 1 |
| Height, m | 1.6 ± 0.1 | 1.5 ± 0.1 | <0.0001 | 1.6 ± 0.1 | 1.5 ± 0.1 | <0.0001 | 1.6 ± 0 | 1.5 ± 0 | <0.0001 |
| Weight, kg | 70.5 ± 1.3 | 63 ± 0.1 | <0.0001 | 75.1 ± 1.1 | 69.7 ± 0.9 | 0.0002 | 75.2 ± 1.1 | 68.2 ± 0.8 | <0.0001 |
| Abdominal circumference, cm | 94.3 ± 1.2 | 92.4 ± 1.0 | 0.1043 | 99.9 ± 0.9 | 99.1 ± 0.7 | 0.2603 | 100.2 ± 1.0 | 99.2 ± 0.7 | 0.2115 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 26 ± 0.4 | 27.1 ± 0.4 | 0.9335 | 27.3 ± 0.3 | 29.8 ± 0.4 | 1 | 27.9 ± 0.3 | 29.6 ± 0.3 | 0.9977 |
| Blood pressure, mm Hg | |||||||||
| bSBP | 126 ± 9.0 | 123 ± 9.7 | 0.0081 | 124 ± 11.8 | 125 ± 8.9 | 0.2706 | 154 ± 13.7 | 156 ± 16.5 | 0.0216 |
| bDBP | 74 ± 7.5 | 72 ± 7.7 | 0.0045 | 72 ± 8.1 | 72 ± 7.8 | 0.5877 | 86 ± 11.6 | 83 ± 10.3 | 0.0002 |
| bPP | 47 ± 14.4 | 48 ± 12.8 | 0.5096 | 49 ± 13.1 | 49 ± 12.6 | 0.4904 | 60 ± 21.2 | 64 ± 23.0 | <0.0001 |
| bMAP | 94 ± 8.1 | 92 ± 8.9 | 0.0865 | 94 ± 8.6 | 94 ± 8.9 | 0.7135 | 111 ± 11.0 | 110 ± 11.2 | 0.4331 |
| cSBP | 117 ± 12.0 | 120 ± 13.7 | 0.0121 | 121 ± 13.5 | 125 ± 14.6 | 0.0049 | 139 ± 16.2 | 147 ± 17.7 | <0.0001 |
| cDBP | 79 ± 9.1 | 77 ± 10.0 | 0.6897 | 79 ± 10.1 | 80 ± 11.1 | 0.1867 | 90 ± 12.6 | 89 ± 12.6 | 0.8598 |
| cPP | 38 ± 9.0 | 43 ± 11.4 | 0.0002 | 42 ± 11.7 | 45 ± 11.4 | 0.0064 | 48 ± 12.8 | 58 ± 15.5 | <0.0001 |
| cMAP | 92 ± 9.4 | 92 ± 10.3 | 0.6783 | 93 ± 10.2 | 95 ± 11.1 | 0.0269 | 107 ± 12.6 | 108 ± 12.7 | 0.0779 |
| Arterial stiffnessa | |||||||||
| AP, mm Hg | 11.6 ± 1.0 | 16.8 ± 0.96 | 0.0003 | 13.4 ± 0.84 | 17.7 ± 0.66 | <0.0001 | 15.4 ± 0.78 | 22.0 ± 0.64 | <0.0001 |
| AIx, % | 27.8 ± 12.9 | 36.5 ± 13.3 | <0.0001 | 28.0 ± 14.2 | 36.7 ± 14.3 | <0.0001 | 29.2 ± 14.8 | 36.5 ± 13.5 | <0.0001 |
| cf‐PWV, m/s | 9.04 ± 0.18 | 9.20 ± 0.20 | 0.5585 | 8.96 ± 0.12 | 9.36 ± 0.16 | 0.0491 | 9.33 ± 0.12 | 9.56 ± 0.14 | 0.2038 |
Values are expressed as mean ± standard error.
AIx, augmentation index; AP, augmentation pressure; bDBP, brachial diastolic blood pressure; bMAP, brachial mean arterial pressure; bPP, brachial pulse pressure; bSBP, brachial systolic blood pressure; cDBP, central diastolic blood pressure; cf‐PWV, carotid‐femoral pulse wave velocity; cPP, central pulse pressure; cSBP, central systolic blood pressure.
a
Adjusted by central mean arterial pressure (cMAP), sex, and age.