Table 2.
Peripheral and central hemodynamics in the SWICOS study population according to age groups and sex
| All (n = 387) | Age < 40 years | p value | Age 40–60 years | p value | Age > 60 years | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n = 49) | Women (n = 54) | Men (n = 91) | Women (n = 111) | Men (n = 42) | Women (n = 40) | |||||
| Peripheral hemodynamics | ||||||||||
| Systolic, mmHg (mean ± SD) | 129 ± 17 | 130 ± 12 | 114 ± 12 | < 0.001 | 135 ± 15 | 124 ± 17 | < 0.001 | 144 ± 21 | 140 ± 18 | 0.33 |
| Diastolic, mmHg (mean ± SD) | 80 ± 11 | 78 ± 9 | 73 ± 8 | 0.004 | 85 ± 10 | 79 ± 10 | < 0.001 | 85 ± 10 | 82 ± 12 | 0.25 |
| Mean, mmHg (mean ± SD) | 97 ± 12 | 96 ± 9 | 95 ± 11 | 0.66 | 95 ± 13 | 96 ± 13 | 0.64 | 104 ± 14 | 100 ± 11 | 0.15 |
| Heart rate, beat/min (mean ± SD) | 66 ± 11 | 65 ± 10 | 69 ± 9 | 0.028 | 67 ± 11 | 67 ± 10 | 0.78 | 68 ± 10 | 65 ± 11 | 0.02 |
| Central hemodynamics | ||||||||||
| Aortic systolic blood pressure mmHg (median, IQR) | 123 (112, 137) | 117 (110, 124) | 111 (102, 119) | < 0.001 | 127 (118, 136) | 122 (112, 133) | 0.016 | 139 (124, 155) | 144 (124, 155) | 0.19 |
| Aortic pulse pressure, mmHg (median, IQR) | 45 (39, 53) | 40 (38, 46) | 39 (36, 45) | 0.31 | 42 (37, 49) | 45 (39, 52) | 0.021 | 55 (42, 61) | 59 (55, 70) | 0.019 |
| Aortic pulse wave velocity m/s (median ± SD) | 7.7 (6.8, 8.8) | 6.5 (6.0, 6.2) | 6.6 (6.1, 7.2) | 0.80 | 7.7 (7.1, 8.4) | 8.1 (7.3) | 0.031 | 8.8 (8.0, 11.0) | 10.5 (8.9, 12.0) | 0.014 |