TABLE 2.

Incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and all-cause mortality among the groups.

	IASBPD < 10 mmHg without plaque (n = 2,623)	IASBPD ≥ 10 mmHg without plaque (n = 244)	IASBPD < 10 mmHg with plaque (n = 1,883)	IASBPD ≥ 10 mmHg with plaque (n = 220)	P
CVD	51 (1.94%)	5 (2.05%)	101 (5.36%)	22 (10%)	<0.01
All-cause mortality	49 (1.87%)	6 (2.46%)	191 (10.14%)	20 (9.09%)	<0.01
CI	33 (1.26%)	3 (1.23%)	75 (3.98%)	16 (7.27%)	<0.01
MI	14 (0.53%)	1 (0.41%)	24 (1.27%)	3 (1.36%)	<0.05

IASBPD, inter-arm systolic blood pressure difference; CVD, cardiovascular disease; CI, cerebral infarction; MI, myocardial infarction, n = number.