Table 3 The Pearson’s correlations of TAC with anthropometric measures values in hypertensive population and normal population.

From: Influence of beat-to-beat blood pressure variability on vascular elasticity in hypertensive population

Variable

Experimental population

Control population

r

p

r

p

Gender (male/female)

0.291**

0.002

0.351**

0.001

Age (years)

−0.465**

<0.001

−0.260*

0.020

Height (m)

0.360**

<0.001

0.569**

<0.001

Weight (kg)

0.439**

<0.001

0.464**

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

0.310**

0.001

0.227*

0.043

HR (beats/min)

−0.151

0.106

−0.087

0.459

HR_SD (beats/min)

0.067

0.476

0.052

0.660

PP (mmHg)

−0.531**

<0.001

−0.276*

0.013

StrV (mL)

0.590**

<0.001

0.719**

<0.001

  1. BMI, body mass index; HR, heart rate; TAC, total arterial compliance; PP, pulse pressure; StrV, stroke volume. *p < 0.05; **P < 0.01.
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