Table 4.

Peripheral and central blood pressure, pulse wave velocity, AIx, and antihypertensive drugs

	Diuretic	ARB	ACEI	β‐Blocker	CCB
No.	501	324	347	296	179
Age, years	69.8 ± 0.3	69.3 ± 0.3	69.5 ± 0.3	68.8 ± 0.3	70.3 ± 0.5
Heart rate	77.2 ± 1.5	73.8 ± 0.7	74.5 ± 0.7	68 ± 1.4d	75.5 ± 2.0
Blood pressure, mm Hg
bSBP	139.5 ± 2.57	141.3 ± 1.14	139.3 ± 1.15	138.3 ± 2.21	141.6 ± 3.30
bDBP	86.7 ± 1.60b	83.5 ± 0.70	82.5 ± 0.71c	81.2 ± 1.36	82.9 ± 2.03
bPP	54.5 ± 2.44	57.6 ± 1.08	55.6 ± 1.09	57.7 ± 2.09	59.9 ± 3.12
bMAP	104.4 ± 1.66	102.7 ± 0.71	101.5 ± 0.74	100.3 ± 1.4	103.7 ± 1.07
cSBP	132.7 ± 2.49	136.5 ± 1.08	132.3 ± 1.09a	134.2 ± 1.25	133.8 ± 3.11
cDBP	84.2 ± 0.57	85.0 ± 0.73	83.8 ± 0.67	83.8 ± 0.77	85.2 ± 1.03
cPP	49.8 ± 0.67	51.4 ± 0.81	48.6 ± 0.79	53.3 ± 0.89	52.8 ± 1.20
cMAP	102.3 ± 1.75	102.1 ± 0.76	100.0 ± 0.74a	99.7 ± 1.47	102.5 ± 0.73
Arterial stiffnesse
AP, mm Hg	14.5 ± 1.0	19.0 ± 0.96	17.5 ± 0.84	21.3 ± 0.66	15.3 ± 0.78
AIx, %	31.7 ± 1.77	34.5 ± 0.78	33.4 ± 0.78	36.9 ± 1.50d	30.7 ± 2.22
cf‐PWV, m/s	9.72 ± 0.23	9.48 ± 0.11	9.48 ± 0.11	8.39 ± 0.21d	9.47 ± 0.15

Values are expressed as mean ± standard error.

AP, augmentation pressure; AIx, augmentation index; 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.

^aAngiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) vs angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI): P = 0.047.

^bβ‐Blocker vs diuretic: P = 0.0093.

^ciECA vs diuretic: P = 0.016.

^dβ‐Blocker vs diuretic, ACEI, ARB, and calcium channel blocker (CCB).

^e P < 0.05: adjusted by age and central mean arterial (cMAP).