Table 4 The correlation between mean blood pressure values and carotid intima-media thickness/number of plaques in all the subjects
Variables | IMTc | Number of plaques | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
r(P)1 | r(P)2 | r(P)3 | r(P)1 | r(P)2 | r(P)3 | |
24 h SBP | 0.073 (0.525) | −0.048 (0.673) | 0.011 (0.921) | −0.083 (0.548) | −0.111 (0.420) | −0.109 (0.356) |
24 h DBP | −0.033 (0.776) | −0.190 (0.096) | −0.129 (0.259) | −0.443** (0.001) | −0.412** (0.002) | −0.372** (0.001) |
24Â h PP | 0.177 (0.120) | 0.194 (0.089) | 0.211 (0.064) | 0.485** (0.000) | 0.394** (0.003) | 0.358** (0.002) |
Daytime SBP | 0.059 (0.606) | −0.040 (0.725) | 0.009 (0.940) | −0.122 (0.373) | −0.132 (0.338) | −0.135 (0.251) |
Daytime DBP | −0.059 (0.610) | −0.167 (0.145) | −0.130 (0.257) | −0.463** (0.000) | −0.416** (0.002) | −0.391** (0.001) |
Daytime PP | 0.161 (0.159) | 0.176 (0.123) | 0.191 (0.093) | 0.465** (0.000) | 0.375** (0.005) | 0.353** (0.002) |
Nighttime SBP | 0.100 (0.382) | −0.059 (0.605) | 0.020 (0.086) | 0.036 (0.795) | −0.046 (0.738) | −0.025 (0.833) |
Nighttime DBP | 0.045 (0.699) | −0.160 (0.161) | −0.170 (0.544) | −0.339* (0.011) | −0.369** (0.006) | −0.308** (0.008) |
Nighttime PP | 0.113 (0.324) | 0.118 (0.303) | 0.131 (0.252) | 0.510** (0.000) | 0.413** (0.002) | 0.374** (0.001) |
SBP decrease (%) | −0.062 (0.702) | −0.087 (0.590) | −0.087 (0.588) | −0.200 (0.216) | −0.127 (0.434) | −0.169 (0.299) |
DBP decrease (%) | −0.064 (0.690) | 0.029 (0.856) | −0.021 (0.895) | −0.129 (0.428) | 0.024 (0.882) | −0.031 (0.849) |