A Novel Interpretation for Arterial Pulse Pressure Amplification in Health and Disease

Table 2

Clinical parameters.

	Young	Adults	HTI	HTII
Age (years)	26 ± 1	53 ± 9^a	56 ± 10^a	57 ± 11^a
Sex	8F/7M	11F/2M	9F/6M	8F/5M
HR (bpm)	67 ± 9	72 ± 11	72 ± 10	71 ± 14
Weight (kg)	62 ± 9	74 ± 14	79 ± 7	77 ± 17
Height (cm)	171 ± 9	163 ± 9	166 ± 7	166 ± 10
BMI (kg/cm^2)	21 ± 2	28 ± 5^a	29 ± 4^a	28 ± 4^a
SCBP (mmHg)	104 ± 8	123 ± 10^a,b	119 ± 9^a,b	153 ± 12^a
DCBP (mmHg)	70 ± 8	87 ± 5^a	80 ± 9^a	93 ± 17^a
PPCBP (mmHg)	34 ± 6^b	36 ± 10^b	39 ± 9 ^b	61 ± 20
SPBP (mmHg)	124 ± 11^b	133 ± 9^b	131 ± 11^b	168 ± 13
PPPBP (mmHg)	54 ± 11^b	46 ± 10^b	51 ± 11^b	75 ± 22
PPA (mmHg)	19.90 ± 5.37	9.33 ± 2.34^a	11.47 ± 4.82^a	14.30 ± 9.44
E (10^6 Dyn/cm^2)	8.04 ± 1.37	9.81 ± 1.97^b	10.68 ± 1.85^a,b	13.80 ± 2.70^a
GOF	0.86 ± 0.06	0.90 ± 0.09	0.91 ± 0.04	0.90 ± 0.06

^a with respect to the young group. ^b with respect to the HTII group; HR: heart rate; BMI: body mass index; PP: pulse pressure: CBP: central blood pressure; PBP: peripheral blood pressure; SCBP and SPBP: systolic central and peripheral blood pressure, respectively; DCBP: diastolic central blood pressure; PPA: pulse pressure amplification; E: elastic value; GOF: goodness of fit.