Oscillometrically Measured Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity Reveals Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis in a Middle-Aged, Apparently Healthy Population
Table 1
Descriptive data of the study population according to carotid artery atherosclerosis.
N
All
Carotid atherosclerosis
Negative
Positive
N
236
185
51
Age (years)
236
47 ± 8
47 ± 8
50 ± 8
0.009
Weight (kg)
236
76.0 ± 16.0
75.5 ± 15.7
77.9 ± 17.1
0.344
Height (cm)
236
172 ± 10
171 ± 9
173 ± 11
0.295
BMI (kg/m2)
236
25.7 ± 4.1
25.6 ± 4.1
25.8 ± 3.9
0.735
Serum total cholesterol (mmol/l)
134
5.6 ± 1.3
5.6 ± 1.3
5.9 ± 1.5
0.240
SBP (mmHg)
236
125 ± 10
125 ± 10
128 ± 9
0.048
DBP (mmHg)
236
75 ± 8
75 ± 8
76 ± 7
0.671
MAP (mmHg)
236
92 ± 7
92 ± 8
93 ± 7
0.228
PP (mmHg)
236
50 ± 8
50 ± 8
52 ± 8
0.049
HR (beats per min)
236
70 ± 9
70 ± 9
71 ± 10
0.380
PWVao (m/s)
236
8.2 ± 1.5
7.9 ± 1.3
9.3 ± 1.6
<0.001
Female/male
236
122/114
98/87
24/27
0.45
Smoker/nonsmoker
236
30/206
15/170
15/36
<0.001
8.3%
29%
BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; MAP, mean arterial pressure; PP, pulse pressure; HR, heart rate; PWVao, aortic pulse wave velocity. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
