Severity of Osteoarthritis Is Associated with Increased Arterial Stiffness

Table 2

Hemodynamic parameters of the osteoarthritis patients and the controls.

Variable	Osteoarthritis patients ()	Controls ()	value
Peripheral SBP (mm Hg)	133 ± 18	126 ± 15	0.011
Peripheral DBP (mm Hg)	81 ± 8	78 ± 7	0.014
Central SBP (mm Hg)	125 ± 17	118 ± 15	0.014
Central DBP (mm Hg)	82 ± 8	78 ± 8	0.019
Mean pressure (mm Hg)	100 ± 11	95 ± 10	0.010
Heart rate (bpm)	64 ± 11	61 ± 7	0.042
AIx@75 (%)	25 ± 9	22 ± 11	0.078
cf-PWV (m/s)	9.1 ± 2.2	8.2 ± 1.5	0.007
C1 (mL/mm Hg × 100)	12.8 ± 4.4	14.1 ± 5.0	0.119
C2 (mL/mm Hg × 100)	4.2 ± 3.6	6.0 ± 2.7	0.002

SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, AIx@75: augmentation index corrected for a heart rate of 75 beats per minute, cf-PWV: carotid to femoral pulse wave velocity, C1: large artery elasticity index, and C2: small artery elasticity index.
All variables are adjusted for body mass index.
Adjusted for mean arterial pressure.