Radial Pulse Wave Signals Combined with Ba-PWV for the Risk Prediction of Hypertension and the Monitoring of Its Accompanying Metabolic Risk Factors
Table 1
Characteristics of the study subjects.
Variables
Normotensive group (n = 259)
Hypertensive group (n = 264)
value
Demographic factors
Age in years
50.98 ± 12.93
50.7 ± 12.36
0.649
Sex (male)
66.00%
75.40%
0.019
BMI (kg/m2)
24.41 ± 3.28
26.61 ± 3.6
<0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
125.12 ± 10.94
151.94 ± 12.15
<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
75.2 ± 8.7
92.8 ± 9.36
<0.001
Pulse pressure (mmHg)
49.92 ± 7.62
59.14 ± 11.82
<0.001
Other metabolic risk factors
FPG (mmol/l)
5.63 ± 0.98
6.14 ± 1.66
<0.001
TC (mmol/l)
5.06 ± 1.07
5.1 ± 0.92
0.707
TG (mmol/l)
1.49 ± 0.85
2.02 ± 1.38
<0.001
HDL-C (mmol/l)
1.25 ± 0.26
1.15 ± 0.28
<0.001
LDL-C (mmol/l)
3.11 ± 0.93
3.05 ± 0.74
0.748
UA (mmol/l)
359.15 ± 90.31
375.81 ± 83.6
0.034
Arterial stiffness measurements
Ba-PWV (cm/s)
1424.84 ± 222.64
1698.69 ± 333.52
<0.001
ABI
1.09 ± 0.08
1.09 ± 0.08
0.561
Radial artery pulse variables
t1 (s)
0.13 ± 0.03
0.13 ± 0.03
0.570
t3 (s)
0.25 ± 0.03
0.24 ± 0.03
<0.001
t4 (s)
0.33 ± 0.03
0.33 ± 0.04
0.474
t5 (s)
0.49 ± 0.11
0.47 ± 0.11
0.004
h1 (mm)
13.23 ± 4.53
14.06 ± 5.28
0.144
h5 (mm)
−0.11 ± 0.52
-0.19 ± 0.75
0.906
h3/h1
0.75 ± 0.14
0.82 ± 0.16
<0.001
h4/h1
0.45 ± 0.1
0.46 ± 0.11
0.460
/t
0.23 ± 0.04
0.24 ± 0.04
<0.001
Data shown are mean ± SD or proportions (in percentages). FPG: fasting plasma glucose; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; UA: uric acid.
