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Table 1 The main clinical characteristics, values of BP, BP variability parameters, and pulse wave velocity

From: Correlation between short-term blood pressure variability parameters with mobil-O-graph pulse wave velocity

Variable

Whole (649)

SH (428)

TH (221)

P Student or x2

Clinical characteristic

 Age (yr)

47.7 ± 14.2

43.4 ± 12.7

56.0 ± 13.2

< 0.0001

 White

440 (68.2)

269 (62.8)

171 (77.3)

0.0002

 Female sex

320 (49.4)

195 (45.6)

125 (56.6)

0.008

 Clinical CVD and CKD

47 (7.3)

11 (2.6)

36 (16.3)

< 0.0001

 Diabetes

69 (10.6)

25 (5.8)

44 (19.9)

< 0.0001

 Dyslipidemia

188 (29.0)

90 (21.0)

98 (44.3)

< 0.0001

 Obesity (kg)

245 (37.8)

166 (38.8)

79 (35.7)

0.44

 Smoking

48 (7.4)

30 (10.9)

18 (7.5)

0.16

 Abdominal waist at risk

338 (52.0)

206 (48.1)

132 (59.7)

0.005

 BMI (kg/m2)

28.8 ± 5.8

28.8 ± 5.0

28.7 ± 7.1

0.83

 Abdominal waist (cm)

95.6 ± 11.6

95.0 ± 11.9

96.5 ± 11.0

0.11

BP (mmHg)

 Systolic office BP

134.9 ± 16.4

133.5 ± 15.2

137.8 ± 18.2

0.0015

 Diastolic office BP

86.9 ± 10.9

87.8 ± 10.7

85.1 ± 11.1

0.0027

 Systolic 24-h BP

123.3 ± 12.3

123.3 ± 12.0

123.1 ± 12.7

0.84

 Diastolic 24-h BP

78.3 ± 10.4

79.1 ± 10.5

76.8 ± 10.2

0.0078

BP variability (mmHg)

 SD of 24-h SBP

12.9 ± 3.3

12.7 ± 3.0

13.3 ± 3.6

0.02

 SD of 24-h DBP

11.3 ± 3.6

11.3 ± 2.5

11.3 ± 4.9

1.0

 SD of daytime SBP

11.9 ± 4.6

11.7 ± 5.0

12.5 ± 3.9

0.03

 SD of daytime DBP

9.7 ± 2.5

9.7 ± 2.5

9.7 ± 2.5

1.0

 SD of nighttime SBP

9.6 ± 3.3

9.4 ± 3.2

10.0 ± 3.4

0.02

 SD of nighttime DBP

8.6 ± 2.7

8.5 ± 2.7

8.9 ± 2.7

0.07

 Weighted SD of 24-h SBP

11.3 ± 3.6

11.0 ± 3.8

11.7 ± 3.3

0.02

 Weighted SD of 24-h DBP

9.4 ± 2.2

9.4 ± 2.3

9.5 ± 2.1

0,58

 Systolic ARV of 24 h

8.9 ± 2.4

8.7 ± 2.2

9.2 ± 2.6

0,01

 Diastolic ARV of 24 h

7.7 ± 1.7

7.7 ± 1.7

7.7 ± 1.8

1.0

 CV of 24-h SBP

10.5 ± 2.4

10.3 ± 2.2

14.5 ± 3.3

< 0.0001

 CV of 24-h DBP

14.6 ± 5.0

10.8 ± 2.5

14.9 ± 7.3

< 0.0001

 SD of central SBP

3.7 ± 2.6

3.4 ± 2.4

4.4 ± 2.9

< 0.0001

 SD of central DBP

2.7 ± 1.9

2.5 ± 1.7

3.0 ± 2.3

0.012

Pulse wave analysis

 Mobil-O-Graph PWV (m/s)

7.5 ± 1.7

7.0 ± 1.4

8.5 ± 1.8

< 0.0001

 Heart rate (bpm)

70.9 ± 10.9

71.8 ± 10.9

69.3 ± 10.7

0.005

 Peripheral pulse pressure

48.3 ± 10.1

47.5 ± 9.3

49.9 ± 11.3

0.004

 Central pulse pressure

38.3 ± 8.9

38.0 ± 8.5

38.9 ± 9.5

0.22

  1. Data are demonstrated as mean ± standard deviation (SD), absolute number and proportion (%).
  2. BP, blood pressure; SH, suspected hypertension; TH, treated hypertension; CVD, cardiovascular disease; CKD, severe chronic kidney disease; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; ARV, average real variability; CV, coefficient of variation; PWV, pulse wave velocity.