Table 2. Brachial and aortic hemodynamics.

Variable	Hispanic, n=25	NHW, n=31	P
Brachial systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	109±9	112±9	.34
Brachial diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	72±7	71±7	.40
Mean arterial pressure, mm Hg	85±7	85±7	.85
Heart rate, bpm	61±8	58±7	.09
Aortic systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	98±8	100±8	.33
Aortic diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	73±7	72±7	.34
Aortic augmentation index, %	2±4	3±3	.51
Aortic augmentation index x@75, %	1±3	1±3	.85
Aortic pulse wave velocity, m•s-1	5.2±0.7	5.4±0.7	.52
Aortic PWV /MAP, m•s-1/MAP	6.3±0.7	6.3±0.7	.76

bpm, beats per minute; mm Hg; millimeters of mercury; m•s^-1, meters per second; PWV, pulse wave velocity; MAP, mean arterial pressure.