Skip to main content
. 2013 Jul 11;15(9):644–649. doi: 10.1111/jch.12159

Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics of the Study Population

Hypertensives With ED (n=43) Hypertensives Without ED (n=131) P Value
Age, y 55.2±10 48.8±7.1 <.001
Waist circumference, cm 102.4±9 102.8±9.4 .81
Body mass index, kg/m2 28.4±3.4 29.1±3.6 .32
Smoking 35.7 42.7 .29
Office systolic BP, mm Hg 150.3±18.4 149.9±16.7 .89
Office diastolic BP, mm Hg 95.2±13.1 98.9±9.8 .10
Office pulse pressure, mm Hg 55.1±12.5 51±13.8 .09
24‐h systolic BP, mm Hg 134.8±17.5 132.9±1 1.1 .52
24‐h diastolic BP, mm Hg 83±12.6 85.4±8.4 .28
24‐h pulse pressure, mm Hg 51.8±9.3 47.5±6.6 .011
Daytime systolic BP, mm Hg 137.7±17 137.8±11.9 .96
Daytime diastolic BP, mm Hg 85.4±12.4 89.2±9 .09
Daytime pulse pressure, mm Hg 52.2±9.4 48.6±7.2 .036
Nighttime systolic BP, mm Hg 127.7±21 121.8±12.2 .038
Nighttime diastolic BP, mm Hg 76.1±14.4 76.8±9.5 .72
Nighttime pulse pressure, mm Hg 51.6±12.2 45±7.3 .004
Nondippers, % 72.2 46.7 .008

Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; ED, erectile dysfunction.