Ambulatory arterial stiffness indices and target organ damage in hypertension

Table 3 Bivariate correlations of AASI and HASI with age and target organ damage in hypertensive patients

	AASI 24 h	Awake-AASI	Sleep-AASI	AASI-BPVR	HASI	HASI-BPVR
Age	0.42**	0.41**	0.18**	0.44**	0.13*	0.32**
Office PP, mm Hg	0.58**	0.57**	0.25**	0.42**	0.13*	0.15*
ABPM 24 h PP, mm Hg	0.85**	0.85**	0.38**	0.46**	0.21**	0.12
HOME BP PP, mm Hg	0.61**	0.60**	0.28**	0.39**	0.18**	0.16**
CKD-EPI	-0.31**	-0.30**	-0.12	-0.26**	-0.06	-0.27**
Albumin/creatinine (mgg)	0.11	0.11	-0.01	0.08	-0.02	0.05
Cornell VDP (mmms)	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.09	-0.01	0.01
LVMI (gm²) Novocode	0.03	0.02	0.05	0.07	0.05	0.19**
Carotid IMT (mm)	0.41**	0.39**	0.19**	0.38**	0.07	0.22**
PWV (m/seg)	0.29**	0.28**	0.25**	0.29**	0.05	0.24**
ABI	-0.13*	-0.13*	-0.04	-0.01	0.03	-0.01

AASI: Ambulatory arterial stiffness index; HASI: Home arterial stiffness index; H: Hours; Awake AASI: Ambulatory arterial -stiffness index in Awake time; Sleep-AASI: Ambulatory arterial stiffness index in sleep time; BPVR: Blood pressure variability ratio; PP: pulse pressure; ABPM: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; BP: Blood pressure; CKD-EPI: Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration; VDP: Voltage-duration product; LVMI: Left ventricular mass index; IMT: Intima-media thickness; PWV: Pulse wave velocity; ABI: Ankle/brachial index; AASI: Ambulatory arterial stiffness index.
*p < 0.05, statistically differences, **p < 0.01, statistically differences.

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