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Table 1 Mean ± standard deviation for total participants and comparing young and old

From: Vascular hemodynamics and blood pressure differences between young and older women

 

Total

Young

Old

P-value

(n = 152)

(n = 49)

(n = 103)

Age (yr)*

54.51 ± 16.09

33.83 ± 5.88

65.81 ± 3.96

<  0.001

Weight (kg)

74.72 ± 12.60

76.55 ± 14.70

73.85 ± 11.44

0.218

Height (cm)

165.20 ± 5.82

165.55 ± 5.96

165.04 ± 5.78

0.617

BMI (kg/m2)

27.40 ± 4.58

27.91 ± 4.98

27.16 ± 4.38

0.353

DXA Fat (%)*

41.47 ± 6.44

38.66 ± 6.60

42.76 ± 5.96

<  0.001

SBP (mmHg)*

123.55 ± 13.92

118.11 ± 11.97

125.97 ± 14.10

0.001

DBP (mmHg)

69.84 ± 9.28

70.90 ± 8.20

69.37 ± 9.73

0.362

LAE*

13.97 ± 5.04

15.67 ± 5.23

13.13 ± 4.75

0.005

SAE*

4.96 ± 2.52

6.99 ± 2.50

3.96 ± 1.85

<  0.001

SVR*

1519.89 ± 352.21

1398.23 ± 457.43

1580.05 ± 269.66

0.004

TVI*

151.79 ± 47.80

121.69 ± 38.62

166.68 ± 44.95

<  0.001

ECO*

4.979 ± 0.74

5.30 ± 0.87

4.79 ± 0.60

<  0.001

CRP

2.71 ± 2.97

2.50 ± 2.86

2.91 ± 3.09

0.515

TNF-⍺*

5.19 ± 2.37

3.45 ± 0.89

6.61 ± 2.24

<  0.001

IL-6

1.84 ± 2.34

1.74 ± 3.06

1.92 ± 1.56

0.72

  1. Measures include age, weight, height, BMI body mass index, DXA Fat body fat, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, LAE large artery elasticity, SAE small artery elasticity, SVR systemic vascular resistance, TVI total vascular impedence, ECO estimated cardiac output, CRP C-reactive protein, TNF-α tumor necrosis factor-α and IL-6 interleukin-6.
  2. *P <  0.05 in ANOVA between young and old groups