Reference Values of Pulse Wave Velocity in Healthy People from an Urban and Rural Argentinean Population

Table 2

Carotid-femoral PWV for each age group in the examined population.

Age group; (years)		Mean PWV (m/s)	SD	95% CI; Lower-upper limit	Range
10–19	156	5.04	0.72	4.92–5.15	3.12–7.33
20–29	110	5.86	0.92	5.68–6.03	3.92–8.14
30–39	109	6.32	0.82	6.16–6.47	4.08–8.26
40–49	108	6.85	0.91	6.68–7.03	5.0–9.84
50–59	164	8.15	1.17	7.97–8.33	5.46–12.5
60–69	103	8.47	1.09	8.25–8.68	6.46–11.2
>70	30	9.01	2.00	8.27–9.76	5.52–13.4
Total	780	6.84	1.65	6.73–6.96	3.12–13.4

PWV: pulse wave velocity, CI: confidence intervals.