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Table 3 Comparison between baseline PWA in patients with NYHA class III and those with NYHA class IV Heart Failure

From: The central arterial stiffness parameters in decompensated versus compensated states of heart failure: a paired comparative cohort study

Measured parameters by the device

NYHA class III (n = 36)

NYHA class IV (n = 64)

P value

HR (b/min)

89.0 ± 13.2

93.2 ± 13.4

0.141

pSBP (mmHg)

110.7 ± 16.7

116.4 ± 21.0

0.141

pDBP (mmHg)

70.9 ± 11.9

72.0 ± 10.8

0.652

pPP (mmHg)

39.7 ± 12.0

44.3 ± 15.2

0.122

cSBP (mmHg)

99.2 ± 14.6

105.2 ± 20.0

0.089

cDBP (mmHg)

71.5 ± 12.1

72.0 ± 11.1

0.829

cPP (mmHg)

27.4 ± 9.5

32.6 ± 13.4

0.027

AP (mmHg)

7.8 ± 5.7

15.2 ± 7.7

< 0.001

AIx@75 (%)

16.8 ± 8.6

24.5 ± 10.0

< 0.001

RM (%)

59.9 ± 7.7

58.4 ± 10.0

0.448

PWV (m/sec)

8.5 ± 1.2

9.2 ± 1.3

0.021

  1. Significant P value (<0.05) is presented in bold
  2. Data are presented as mean ± SD
  3. AIx@75, augmentation index corrected to heart rate of 75 beats per minute; AP, augmentation pressure; cDBP, central diastolic blood pressure; cPP, central pulse pressure; cSBP, central systolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate; pDBP, peripheral diastolic blood pressure; pPP, peripheral pulse pressure; pSBP, peripheral systolic blood pressure; PWV, pulse wave velocity; RM, reflection magnitude