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22 August 2021 : Clinical Research  

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

Geyue Qu1ABCDEF*, Zhongying Zhang1AEF, Hong Zhu1BCD

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.931414

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e931414

Table 4 Distribution of degrees of AS in the study population overall and the age subgroups*.

GroupsMild AS***, n (%)Moderate AS***, n (%)Severe AS***, n (%)P
Total103 (33.0)60 (19.2)85 (27.2)/
 Well-controlled BP58 (34.3)21 (12.4)39 (23.1)0.000
 Uncontrolled BP45 (31.5)39 (27.3)46 (32.2)
45–65 years58 (45.0)24 (18.6)6 (4.7)/
 Well-controlled BP25 (43.1)3 (5.2)1 (1.7)0.000
 Uncontrolled BP33 (46.5)21 (29.6)5 (7.0)
65–80 years36 (32.4)26 (23.4)34 (30.6)/
 Well-controlled BP25 (36.8)13 (19.1)16 (23.5)0.008
 Uncontrolled BP11 (25.6)13 (30.2)18 (41.9)
≥80 years10 (13.9)10 (13.9)45 (62.5)/
 Well-controlled BP9 (20.9)5 (11.6)22 (51.2)0.011
 Uncontrolled BP1 (3.4)5 (17.2)23 (79.3)
AS – arterial stiffness.
* Variables are presented as mean±SD or n (%).
** The proportion of patients without arterial stiffness were not shown in this table.
*** Different degrees of AS: Mild AS (BaPWV ≥1400 cm/s); Moderate AS (BaPWV ≥1700 cm/s); Severe AS: (BaPWV ≥2000 cm/s).
References [,,] were provided for baPWV.

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