Reference values for clinic pulse pressure in a nonselected population.
Open Access
- 1 May 2001
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Hypertension
- Vol. 14 (5) , 415-418
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0895-7061(01)01284-5
Abstract
A wide pulse pressure (PP) may constitute an independent predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. We assessed the reference values of brachial clinic PP, according to age and gender in a nonselected population (61,724 subjects) who were undergoing a routine systematic health examination. According to mean values, 50 mm Hg is likely the reference value for clinic PP in both men and women. Diagnostic thresholds for clinic PP (> or =65 mm Hg) determined either by adding 2 SD to the means or from the 95th percentiles are in close agreement with clinic PP values previously reported to be associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.Keywords
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