Differing Pattern of Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Very Elderly Men Expresses Dynamics in Atherosclerotic Load in the Senescence

Table 5

Correlation coefficients calculated for ambulatory blood pressure at age 82 and clinic blood pressure as well as for markers of vascular disease at age 81 (ABI: ankle-brachial index, ABI progression, and carotid stenosis at ultrasound examination).

	Carotid ultrasound	Clinic BP age 81		Ankle-brachial index		Ankle-brachial index
						difference age 81–68
	Mean stenosis	SBP	DBP	Right	Left	Left	Right
Daytime
SBP	.157	.169	.341**	−.092	−.191	−.124	−.190
SD-SBP	.128	.000	.226*	−.147	−.183	−.264**	−.063
DBP	.003	−.005	.218*	.002	−.068	.051	−.095
SD-DBP	.004	−.038	.176	−.010	−.135	−.077	−.041
PP	.234*	.228**	.215*	−.192	−.174	−.234*	−.210*
Nighttime
SBP	.194*	.198*	.264**	−.100	−.230*	−.141	−.181
SD-SBP	.070	.132	.036	−.220*	−.319**	−.219**	−.180
DBP	.040	.101	.267**	−.009	−.126	−.016	−.063
SD-DBP	−.083	−.006	−.051	−.018	−.182	−.051	−.032
PP	.174	.287**	.029	−.209*	−.268**	−.194*	−.315**
Nocturnal SBP fall	−.022	.000	.131	.026	.133	.058	.008
Morning SBP surge	−.024	.093	.069	−.125	.000	−.073	−.167
Preawakening SBP	.194*	.148	.259**	−.117	−.255**	−.204*	−.157
Postawakening SBP	.100	.162	.243*	−.141	−.212*	−.144	−.266**