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21 June 2021: Clinical Research

Association of Blood Pressure, White Matter Lesions, and Regional Cerebral Blood Flow

Dong Zhang 1ABCDEF , Jianyu Zhang 1CEF , Bo Zhang 2ABD , Jin Zhang 1BDE , Mingli He 1ABDEG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.929958

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e929958

Table 1 Comparison of background data of patients based on 24h mean SBP quartile grouping.

VariablesQ1 (100–127)Q2 (128–133)Q3 (134–139)Q4 (140–169)P value
n39313530
Age (Year, M, IQR)65 (58–72)66 (64–74)69 (64–74)69.5 (63.8–75)0.067*
Male (n, %)22, 56.413, 41.919, 54.314, 46.70.929***
Culture above junior high school (n, %)23, 59.017, 54.816, 45.710, 33.30.101***
BMI (kg/m, m±s)25.43±3.3225.73±3.8923.51±3.5326.16±3.860.195**
Hypertension (n, %)27, 69.231, 100.034, 97.130, 100.00.002***
Dyslipidemia (n, %)8, 20.511, 34.58, 22.911, 36.70.788***
Diabetes (n, %)9, 23.17, 22.68, 22.914, 46.70.156***
Coronary heart disease (n, %)9, 23.16, 19.47, 20.04, 13.30.507***
Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L, M, IQR)5.06 (4.65–5.90)5.23 (4.87–6.78)5.18 (4.88–6.26)5.38 (4.89–7.50)0.184*
Smoke (n, %)8, 20.55, 16.18, 22.97, 23.30.519***
Drinking (n, %)8, 20.55, 16.18, 22.98, 26.70.393***
SBP on admission (mmHg, m±s)132.2±18.5144.8±12.2149.4±11.6158.4±17.7**
DBP on admission (mmHg, m±s)79.6±11.883.9±12.187.1±9.689.9±13.00.001*
Cholesterol (mmol/L, m±s)3.96±1.424.72±1.314.34±1.164.65±0.940.391**
Triglyceride (mmol/L, M, IQR)1.17 (0.87–1.49)1.42 (0.88–1.78)1.26 (0.86–1.70)1.27 (0.88–1.80)0.507*
LDL-C (mmol/L, m±s)2.19±0.882.67±0.762.35±0.762.47±0.610.942**
HDL-C (mmol/L, M, IQR)1.00 (0.86–1.17)1.08 (0.97–1.28)1.07 (0.94–1.33)1.05 (0.92–1.18)0.430*
24hMDBP (mmHg, m±s)71.7±5.678.4±5.980.1±5.283.7±5.2**
MDSBP (mmHg, m±s)122.8±8.5133.6±3.0137.7±3.6147.2±5.6*
MNSBP (mmHg, m±s)113.2±9.5125.4±3.7132.9±4.8142.6±9.8*
MDDBP (mmHg, m±s)74.5±6.581.2±5.782.2±5.885.1±5.8*
MNDBP (mmHg, m±s)67.5±6.374.7±6.176.2±5.781.3±6.1**
SBPDNR (%, M, IQR)9.63±2.719.69±1.8710.29±2.2210.27±2.610.130**
DBPDNR (%, M, IQR)10.19±3.0010.99±2.7410.93±2.9311.35±3.150.083*
SBPCV (m±s)7.79±5.926.02±4.003.37±5.403.04±6.70*
DBPCV (m±s)9.27±6.207.99±5.537.09±6.204.17±7.670.023*
MSCBF (ml/100G/Min, m±s)46.31±11.3741.53±13.3737.32±13.4833.19±7.22*
MPCBF (ml/100G/Min, m±s)51.16±15.0643.63±13.8538.17±14.1036.11±9.40*
Fazekas score (m±s)1.18±1.351.32±1.052.54±1.873.13±1.57*
MoCA (M, IQR)22 (19–24)21 (17–24)17 (12–21)15.5 (11.8–20.3)*
* Man-Whitney test;
** independent sample -test;
*** Pearson Chi-square test;
Q1-q4 – CV is grouped according to the quartile of population; m – median; IQR – interquartile spacing; m±s – mean±standard deviation; LDL-C – low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C – high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MDSBP – daytime mean systolic blood pressure; MNSBP – mean systolic blood pressure at night; MDDBP – daytime mean diastolic blood pressure; MNDBP – mean diastolic pressure at night; SBPCV – coefficient of variation of 24-hour systolic blood pressure; DBPCV – 24-hour diastolic blood pressure variation coefficient; SBPDNR – systolic blood pressure ratio between day and night; DBPDNR – diastolic blood pressure day/night ratio; MSCBF – bilateral mean subcortical local cerebral blood flow; MPCBF – bilateral mean paraventricular cerebral blood flow; MoCA – Monterey Cognitive Assessment Scale.

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