Table 4.

Risk for all‐cause mortality during 21 years of follow‐up by 24‐h pulse pressure tertiles

	Males		Females		All
	HR (95% CI)	p value	HR (95% CI)	p value	HR (95% CI)	p value
24‐h mean PP
T1		.009		.566		.456
T2	1.25 (0.76 ‐ 2.04)	.380	0.82 (0.45 ‐ 1.60)	.567	1.23 (0.83 ‐ 1.81)	.302
T3	2.40 (1.32 ‐ 4.37)	.004	0.62 (0.26 ‐ 1.49)	.287	1.36 (0.82 ‐ 2.26)	.230
Daytime PP
T1		.329		.429		.843
T2	1.00 (0.62 ‐ 1.62)	.994	0.88 (0.45 ‐ 1.73)	.714	0.94 (0.64 ‐ 1.38)	.748
T3	1.44 (0.81 ‐ 2.57)	.217	0.57 (0.23 ‐ 1.41)	.224	1.05 (0.64 ‐ 1.72)	.838
Nighttime PP
T1		.015		.621		.060
T2	1.68 (1.04 ‐ 2.71)	.034	1.20 (0.62 ‐ 2.29)	.592	1.49 (1.02‐ 2.19)	.042
T3	2.26 (1.29 ‐ 3.96)	.004	0.87 (0.37 ‐ 2.03)	.742	1.72 (1.06 ‐ 2.78)	.028

Cox regression models were adjusted for appropriate mean systolic pressure, age, body mass index, hypertension, diabetes, previous stroke, coronary artery disease, smoking, alcohol consumption, use of antihypertensive medication, triglycerides levels, and sex for analyses for all.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; PP, pulse pressure; T, tertile.

P value < 0.05 considered as statistically significant.