Evaluation of Arterial Stiffness Using Pulse Wave Velocity and Augmentation Index in Patients with Chronic Venous Insufficiency
Table 1
Patient characteristics.
All
Control group (n=48)
CVI group (n=62)
P Value
Age (±SD)
61.9±11.05
59.3±9.68
63.9±10.16
0.095
Female gender n(%)
60 (54.0)
28 (56.0)
40 (59.4)
0.072
BMI (kg/m2)
28.8±4.38
27.4±4.76
29.4±2.94
0.244
LVEF (%)
61.6±3.54
62.1±3.52
61.4±2.94
0.742
Hypertension n (%)
78 (68)
38 (69.0)
44 (72.2)
0.829
Diabetes mellitus n (%)
42 (40)
16 (29.8)
29 (47.2)
0.094
Hyperlipidemia n(%)
48 (41.7)
21 (44.0)
22 (36.1)
0.545
Smoking n(%)
68 (62.5)
30 (58.8)
45 (75.0)
0.096
Glucose (mg/dl)
94.56±10.04
92.42±8.9
95.12±9.5
0.395
HDL-C (mg/dl)
46.42±9.56
44.50±8.75
47.24±9.28
0.383
LDL-C (mg/dl)
123.85±35.83
123.67±33.30
123.97±37.65
0.967
TG (mg/dl)
132.65±55.86
122.50±45.65
158.74±58.72
0.040
Creatinine (mg/dl)
0.84±0.46
0.82±0.26
0.84±0.48
0.554
Uric acid (mg/dl)
5.36±1.30
5.31±1.22
5.39±1.35
0.706
SBP (mmHg)
123.1±10.2
122.6±9.97
123.5±10.52
0.657
DBP (mmHg)
78.4±8.2
77.7±8.90
79.0±8.13
0.423
Central SBP (mmHg)
118.4±8.1
116.9±9.45
119.3±9.32
0.262
Central DBP (mmHg)
81.6±9.3
80.7±8.92
83.0±8.36
0.159
PWV (m/sn)
8.56±1.62
8.03±1.43
8.92±1.65
0.001
Aix (%)
23.37±9.06
20.15±9.49
25.51±8.14
0.003
Independent T test (Bootstrap), Mann Whitney U test (Monte Carlo). BMI: body mass index, LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction, SD: standard deviation, HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG: triglyceride, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, PWV: pulse wave velocity, Aix: augmentation index.
