Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity Is the Only Index of Arterial Stiffness That Correlates with a Mitral Valve Indices of Diastolic Dysfunction, but No Index Correlates with Left Atrial Size

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the study population.

Number of subjects	41
Age (years)	68 ± 11
Gender (% men)	66
BMI (kg/m^2)	26.7 ± 3.6
BSA (m^2)	1.84 ± 0.22
Hypertension (%)	73.2
Dyslipidemia (%)	48.8
Diabetes (%)	12.2
CAD (%)	22.0
Medications
β-blockers (%)	34.1
ACEIs (%)	36.6
ARBs (%)	7.3
CCBs (%)	24.4
Statins (%)	43.9
Aspirin (%)	53.7
Antiplatelets (%)	14.6
Diuretics (%)	19.5
Heart rate (bpm)	67.3 ± 12.8
SBP (mm Hg)	138.5 ± 18.1
DBP (mm Hg)	78.8 ± 8.4
PP (mm Hg)	59.7 ± 14.2
baPWV (cm/s)	1814 ± 415
cfPWV (cm/s)	1610 ± 500
AIx (%)	20.0 ± 18.3
ABI	1.14 ± 0.12
LAD (mm)	36.8 ± 6.5
LAVI (ml/m^2)	33.5 ± 11.7
E (cm/s)	79.6 ± 26.0
A (cm/s)	76.0 ± 25.5
E/A	1.15 ± 0.54
	Age < 60: 1.3 ± 0.4
	Age ≥ 60: 1.1 ± 0.6
LVEF (%)	63.3 ± 5.0
LVM (g)	151.2 ± 36.6
LVMI (g/m^2)	80.3 ± 21.0
LVDD (mm)	45.0 ± 5.1
LVSD (mm)	28.4 ± 5.5
IVST (mm)	10.0 ± 1.4
PWT (mm)	9.7 ± 1.2

BMI: body mass index, BSA: body surface index, CAD: coronary artery disease, ACEIs: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, ARBs: angiotensin II receptor antagonists, CCBs: calcium channel blockers, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, PP: pulse pressure, ABI: ankle-brachial index, Aix: augmentation index, cfPWV: carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, baPWV: brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, LAD: left atrial diameter, LAVI: left atrial volume index, E: peak early diastolic filling velocity, A: peak late diastolic filling velocity, E/A: E/A ratio; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction, LVM: left ventricular mass, LVMI: left ventricular mass index, LVDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, LVSD: left ventricular end-systolic diameter, IVS: interventricular septal end-diastolic thickness, and PWT: posterior wall end-diastolic thickness.