Growing-Related Changes in Arterial Properties of Healthy Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Nonexposed to Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Analysis of Gender-Related Differences

Table 2

Age-related changes. Simple linear regression models.

	Female			Male			Slope difference
	Model			Model
Central arterial pressure
Aortic SBP		0.609	<0.001		0.827	<0.001	<0.001
Aortic DBP		0.469	<0.001		0.421	<0.001	0.692
Aortic PP		0.329	0.007		0.706	<0.001	<0.001
Augmentation index 75		0.381	0.015		0.555	<0.001	0.202
Mode B ultrasound
Carotid diastolic diameter		0.548	<0.001		0.540	<0.001	0.373
Carotid IMT		0.608	<0.001		0.575	<0.001	0.04
Local arterial stiffness
Carotid elastic modulus		0.816	<0.001		0.740	<0.001	0.010
Carotid β Index		0.350	0.009		0.549	<0.001	0.016
Femoral elastic modulus		0.538	<0.001		0.560	<0.001	0.178
Regional arterial stiffness
Carotid-femoral PWV		0.722	<0.001		0.796	<0.001	0.018
βPWV Index		0.585	<0.001		0.482	<0.001	0.004
Carotid-radial PWV		0.236	0.118		0.192	0.119	0.855

SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; PP, pulse pressure; IMT, intima-media thickness; PWV, pulse wave velocity.