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Table 1 Baseline data in 176 study subjects of blood pressure measurmenets with both Korotkoff method (K-BP), Strain gauge method (SG-BP) and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring, as well as of vascular risk factors and vascular markers at age 68 and 81 years

From: Phenomenon of declining blood pressure in elderly - high systolic levels are undervalued with Korotkoff method

Baseline data

Mean (SD)

At age 68:

 

K-BP systolic, mmHg

151.9 (20.7)

K-BP diastolic

97.9 (10.2)

SG-BP systolic

147.0 (18.5)

Alcohol consumption (g/week)

83.3 (113.6)

Body Mass Index

24.9 (2.9)

B-glucose

4.99 (.079)

P-Cholesterol

5.98 (.092)

ABI (ankle-brachial pressure index), right

1.04 (.14)

ABI, left

1.04 (.16)

At age 81:

 

K-BP systolic, mmHg

143.6 (15.1)

K-BP diastolic

82.3 (6.2)

SG-BP systolic

160.1 (23.9)

Carotid stenosis, right (%; median)

35.0 (0-75)

Carotid stenosis, left (%; median)

35.0 (0-90)

ABI, right

.097 (.19)

ABI, left

.095 (.20)

Ambulatory Blood Pressure 1

 

24-h SBP, mmHg

128.8 (11.7)

24-h DBP

73.5 (10.1)

Daytime SBP

131.1 (12.0)

Daytime SD-SBP (mean standard deviation SBP)

13.1 (3.05)

Daytime DBP

75.5 (10.4)

Daytime SD-DBP

10.1 (2.9)

Nighttime SBP

120.1 (10.1)

Nighttime SD-SBP

11.7 (4.2)

Nighttime DBP

67.6 (10.9)

Nighttime SD-DBP

9.5 (3.4)

Pulse pressure day, mmHg

55.6 (8.2)

Pulse pressure night

53.4 (8.1)

  1. 1 Valid for 104 subjects