Influence of Gender on the Level of Pulse Pressure: The Role of Large Conduit Arteries

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Abstract
The blood pressure curve may be divided into two components: a steady component represented by the mean arterial pressure, and a pulsatile component represented by the pulse pressure. Whether the contribution of either these two components may be different in men and women was not yet investigated. The present study used 24 hours ambulatory brachial blood pressure monitoring and determination of casual carotid and radial pulse pressure by applanation tonometry to investigate 320 subjects (199 men and 121 women) with normal or elevated blood pressure.