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Table 2 Pressure and arterial stiffness related to sex differences

From: Higher blood pressure in elderly hypertensive females, with increased arterial stiffness and blood pressure in females with the Fibrillin-1 2/3 genotype

 

Male

n = 155

Female

n = 160

p-value

pMAP (mmHg)

101.55 ± 10.58

107.19 ± 13.50

0.008

cSBP (mmHg)

139.22 ± 16.86

148.09 ± 20.06

<  0.001

cDBP (mmHg)

77.65 ± 9.52

79.16 ± 11.22

0.33

cPP (mmHg)

61.56 ± 15.22

68.93 ± 17.03

0.035

cMAP (mmHg)

101.56 ± 10. 58

107.19 ± 13.50

0.008

AIx (%)

32.52 ± 8.73

36.04 ± 9.22

<  0.001

AI hr75 (%)

26.18 ± 7. 39

32.73 ± 6.91

<  0.001

HR (beat/min)

62.0 ± 11.38

68.06 ± 12.01

< 0.001

TR time (s)

133.26 ± 10.29

127.03 ± 9.29

< 0.001

AG (mmHg)

20.45 ± 9.37

25.50 ± 10.35

< 0.001

SBP right (mmHg)

162.13 ± 19.14

169.57 ± 23.51

0.004

SBP left (mmHg)

158.19 ± 16.76

165.18 ± 20.40

0.002

DBP right (mmHg)

80.31 ± 9.58

80.38 ± 11.27

0.91

DBP left (mmHg)

79.38 ± 9.36

79.10 ± 11.06

0.67

ABPI right (mmHg)

1.067 ± 0.25

1.03 ± 0.19

0.57

ABPI left (mmHg)

1.05 ± 0.22

1.02 ± 0.18

0.42

  1. All data are presented as the means ± SDs. pMAP Peripheral mean arterial pressure, cSBP Central systolic blood pressure, cDBP Central diastolic blood pressure, cPP Central pulse pressure, cMAP Central mean arterial pressure, AIx Augmentation index, AI hr75 Augmentation index heartrate 75, HR Heartrate, TR time Transistor time, AG Augmentation. Pressure: SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, ABPI Ankle brachial pressure index.
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