Research Article
Differing Pattern of Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Very Elderly Men Expresses Dynamics in Atherosclerotic Load in the Senescence
Table 1
The background data from the 1st and the 2nd followup of the cohort “Men born 1914”.
| | Age 68 years | Age 81-82 years |
| | Smoking (n active/n former or never smoked) | 28 versus 76 | | | BMI | 24.5 (17.4) | | | B-glucose | 4.9 (.52) | | | P-Cholesterol | 6.0 (.94) | | | P-triglycerides | 1.4 (.66) | | | Ankle-brachial index right | 1.11 (.11) | .99 (.20) | | Ankle-brachial index left | 1.07 (.13) | .96 (.21) | | Difference ABI-R age 82–68 | | −.13 (.17) | | Difference ABI-L age 82–68 | | −.11 (.17) | | Clinic BP (mmHg) | | | | Systolic | 151.1 (19.9) | 144.1 (15.4) | | Diastolic | 92.2 (10.3) | 83.1 (6.2) | | Ambulatory BP (mmHg) | | | | Daytime, average BP | | | | Systolic | | 131.1 (12.0) | | Diastolic | | 75.5 (10.4) | | Pulse pressure | | 55.6 (8.2) | | Nighttime, average BP | | | | Systolic | | 120.9 (12.7) | | Diastolic | | 67.5 (10.9) | | Pulse pressure | | 51.4 (9.7) | | Average standard deviation of: | | | | Daytime systolic | | 13.1 (3.0) | | Daytime diastolic | | 10.0 (2.9) | | Nighttime systolic | | 11.7 (4.2) | | Nighttime diastolic | | 9.5 (3.4) | | Nocturnal SBP fall (%) | | 7.7 (6.1) | | Morning SBP surge (mmHg) | | 26.3 (16.2) | | Preawakening, average SBP | | 119.2 (14.5) | | Postawakening, average SBP | | 131.3 (15.2) |
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