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Table 1 Patient characteristics by age groups

From: Measurement of pulse wave velocity in normal ageing: comparison of Vicorder and magnetic resonance phase contrast imaging

 

Age groups (years):

 

20–29

30–39

40–49

50–59

60–69

70–79

N

15

14

14

14

12

11

Gender (male)

5

7

6

6

8

6

Height

172 ± 8.1

174 ± 9.1

176 ± 12.5

174 ± 8.5

171 ± 9.1

164 ± 11.4

Weight

77 ± 16.6

75 ± 12.8

78 ± 9.9

77 ± 17.1

74 ± 18.1

70 ± 16.5

Glucose

4.8 ± 0.4

4.8 ± 0.5

4.9 ± 0.3

5.0 ± 0.5

5.3 ± 0.6

4.9 ± 0.5

Cholesterol

4.6 ± 0.9

4.2 ± 0.6

4.8 ± 0.9

4.9 ± 0.7

4.8 ± 0.7

5.1 ± 1.0

Triglycerides

0.9 ± 0.5

0.8 ± 0.3

0.9 ± 0.4

0.9 ± 0.7

0.9 ± 0.4

1.0 ± 0.3

HDL

1.5 ± 0.4

1.7 ± 0.3

1.5 ± 0.5

1.8 ± 0.6

1.7 ± 0.5

1.6 ± 0.3

LDL

2.7 ± 0.8

2.3 ± 0.6

2.9 ± 0.7

2.7 ± 0.8

2.7 ± 0.6

3.0 ± 0.8

  1. Height (cm), weight (kg), all lipids and glucose measured in mmol/L
  2. HDL high density lipoprotein, LDL low density lipoprotein