22 August 2021: Clinical Research
Association Between Blood Pressure Control and Arterial Stiffness in Middle-Aged and Elderly Chinese Patients with Hypertension
Geyue Qu ABCDEF* , Zhongying Zhang AEF , Hong Zhu BCDDOI: 10.12659/MSM.931414
Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e931414
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(%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||||||||