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

Table 4

Difference in ambulatory blood pressure at age 82 between subjects defined as current and never/former smokers at age 68.

	Smoking status at age 68
	Current smokers		Never and former
	(𝑁=28)		(𝑁=76)
ABPM at age 82	Median	min–max	Median	min–max	P
Daytime (mmHg)
SBP	131.2	108.4–159.9	128.9	109.1–159.4	.43
SD-SBP	14.5	8.6–21.9	12.6	7.4–19.7	.012*
DBP	77.4	59.7–99.9	72.7	55.3–104.7	.18
SD-DBP	11.6	7.8–17.7	9.2	4.6–18.7	.003**
PP	55.2	33.8–72.0	55.4	36.2–72.3	.75
Nighttime (mmHg)
SBP	123.5	102.1–147.0	119.2	94.0–145.0	.28
SD-SBP	13.1	4.1–18.5	10.6	5.3–25.6	.023*
DBP	66.6	53.7–93.9	64.9	50.2–102.5	.45
SD-DBP	10.2	6.1–21.7	8.8	2.5–21.3	.019*
PP	53.4	37.1–70.6	52.1	22.4–75.3	.36
Nocturnal SBP fall (%)	6.6	−8.3–17.9	8.6	−7.1–19.8	.52
Morning SBP surge (mmHg)	21.6	−2.6–45.7	26.2	−.25–123.0	.15
Preawakening SBP	119.7	92.3–155.0	118.0	74.0–147.3	.33
Postawakening SBP	125.2	97.7–166.0	129.3	95.0–178.2	.35