Research Article

Modelling Arterial Pressure Waveforms Using Gaussian Functions and Two-Stage Particle Swarm Optimizer

Table 1

Summary of clinical characteristics from 20 volunteers.

Clinical characteristicValue

Age, year
Height, cm
Weight, kg
Body mass index, kg/m2
Heart rate, beats/min
Brachial SBP, mmHg
Brachial DBP, mmHg
Brachial MAP, mmHg
Brachial PP, mmHg

SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, MBP: mean arterial pressure, PP: pulse pressure.
Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD).