Association Between Blood Pressure Control and Arterial Stiffness in Middle-Aged and Elderly Chinese Patients with Hypertension

22 August 2021 : Clinical Research

Geyue Qu^1ABCDEF*, Zhongying Zhang^1AEF, Hong Zhu^1BCD

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.931414

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e931414

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Table 3 Distribution of baPWV and AS detection rates for both the study population overall and by age subgroup*.

Groups	BaPWV**,cm/s				AS, n(%)
Groups	Total	Well-controlled BP	Uncontrolled BP	P	Total	Well-controlled BP	Uncontrolled BP	P
Total	1779.2±404.8	1710.4±393.6	1860.4±404.2	0.001	248 (79.5)	118 (69.8)	130 (90.9)	0.000
45–65 years	1528.9±249.8	1411.4±198.0	1625.0±247.7	0.000	88 (68.2)	29 (50.0)	59 (83.1)	0.000
65–80 years	1859.2±362.0	1801.5±368.4	1950.5±335.7	0.034	95 (85.6)	53 (77.9)	42 (97.7)	0.004
≥80 years	2104.0±414.2	1969.7±379.5	2303.1±387.6	0.001	65 (90.3)	36 (83.7)	29 (100.0)	0.022
P	0.000				0.000
AS – arterial stiffness; BaPWV – brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity. ^* Variables are presented as mean±SD or n (%). ^** References [,,] were provided for baPWV.

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