The Expression of IL-12 Family Members in Patients with Hypertension and Its Association with the Occurrence of Carotid Atherosclerosis

Table 3

Results of vascular stiffness examination and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in each group.

Examination	Characteristics	Control	Hypertension
			Total	Grade I	Grade II	Grade III
Vascular stiffness	baPWV-right			^#	^#&	^#&$
	baPWV-left			^#	^#&	^#&$
	ABI-right			^#	^#&	^#&$
	ABI-left			^#	^#&	^#&$
ABPM	A24h-SBP			^#	^#&	^#&$
	A24h-DBP			^#	^#&	^#&$

baPWV: brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity; ABI: ankle brachial index; A24h-SBP: average 24 h systolic blood pressure; A24h-DBP: average 24 h diastolic blood pressure. vs. control group; ^# vs. total group; ^& vs. grade I group; ^$ vs. grade II group.