The Temporal Pattern of Arterial Stiffness during Aging: A Large-Scale Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

The demographic distribution as well as the results of health examinations and blood biochemistry tests.

	Total sample	Low baPWV	High baPWV	Effect size (Cohen’s )
Sex, (%)
Male	3728 (60.1)	3325 (59.5%)	403 (64.8%)
Female	2482 (39.9)	2263 (40.5%)	219 (35.2%)
Age (years), mean (SD)	47.9 (12.7),	46.1 (11.8),	63.6 (9.4),	1.64
Height (cm), mean (SD)	167.4 (8.4),	167.8 (8.4),	164.5 (8.2),	0.39
Weight (kg), mean (SD)	68.5 (12.9),	68.7 (13.1),	66.9 (10.9),	0.15
BMI (kg/m^2), mean (SD)	24.3 (3.4),	24.3 (3.5),	24.6 (3.0),	0.10
SBP (mmHg), mean (SD)	128.3 (18.7),	125.5 (16.4),	153.9 (18.7),	1.62
DBP (mmHg), mean (SD)	79.3 (11.1),	78.3 (10.6),	87.6 (11.7),	0.84
FPG (mmol/L), mean (SD)	5.3 (1.3),	5.2 (1.1),	6.0 (1.9),	0.51
HbA1c (%), mean (SD)	5.6 (0.8),	5.5 (0.7),	6.1 (1.2),	0.54
TG (mmol/L), mean (SD)	1.7 (1.3),	1.7 (1.3),	1.9 (1.4),	0.15
TC (mmol/L), mean (SD)	5.1 (1.0),	5.1 (1.0),	5.3 (1.1),	0.14
LDL-C (mmol/L), mean (SD)	3.0 (0.8),	3.0 (0.8),	3.0 (0.8),	0.06
HDL-C (mmol/L), mean (SD)	1.3 (0.3),	1.3 (0.3),	1.3 (0.3),	0.04
ALT (U/L), mean (SD)	25.0 (19.3),	25.1 (19.5),	24.4 (17.6),	0.04
AST (U/L), mean (SD)	23.5 (11.9),	23.2 (11.7),	25.6 (13.1),	0.19
γ-GT (U/L), mean (SD)	33.8 (32.6),	33.3 (32.1),	37.9 (37.1),	0.13
sCr (μmol/L), mean (SD)	73.5 (15.9),	73.2 (15.5),	75.8 (19.1),	0.15
sUA (μmol/L), mean (SD)	360.7 (91.9),	359.8 (91.7),	368.8 (93.6),	0.10
eGFR (mL/min), mean (SD)	100.0 (17.2),	100.8 (16.9),	92.3 (18.3),	0.48

BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c; TC: total blood cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; γ-GT: gamma-glutamyl transferase; sUA: serum uric acid; sCr: serum creatinine; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate.