Baseline characteristics of participants, by narrowest and widest AVR quartiles
| Characteristic | Women | Men | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallest quartile (range 0.61–0.82) (n = 472) | Largest quartile (range 0.92–1.19) (n = 473) | p Value* (range 0.59–0.80) | Smallest quartile (n = 362) | Largest quartile (range 0.90–1.10) (n = 365) | p Value* | |
| Data are mean (SE) or number (%). | ||||||
| *p Value for difference between smallest and largest quartiles. | ||||||
| AVR, arteriole to venule ratio; BMI, body mass index; CHD, coronary heart disease; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SC, serum cholesterol. | ||||||
| Age (years) | 67.1 (0.44) | 64.5 (0.44) | <0.0001 | 66.8 (0.48) | 64.9 (0.50) | 0.006 |
| SBP (mm Hg) | 153.3 (1.08) | 142.7 (0.95) | <0.0001 | 148.7 (1.06) | 139.6 (1.00) | <0.0001 |
| DBP (mm Hg) | 86.5 (0.46) | 81.6 (0.43) | <0.0001 | 86.5 (0.57) | 81.3 (0.51) | <0.0001 |
| Total SC (mmol/l) | 6.4 (0.05) | 6.3 (0.05) | 0.42 | 5.78 (0.06) | 5.78 (0.06) | 0.97 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 29.9 (0.24) | 26.0 (0.23%) | 0.0008 | 26.7 (0.28) | 25.4 (0.22) | <0.0001 |
| Pre-existing CHD | 50 (10.6%) | 59 (12.5%) | 0.37 | 57 (15.8%) | 53 (14.5%) | 0.64 |
| Severe hypertension | 267 (56.6%) | 190 (40.2%) | <0.0001 | 181 (50.0%) | 114 (31.2%) | <0.0001 |
| Smoking | 0.21 | 0.15 | ||||
| Never | 275 (58.3%) | 298 (63.0%) | 117 (32.3%) | 131 (35.9%) | ||
| Former | 122 (25.9%) | 106 (22.4%) | 181 (50.0%) | 183 (50.1%) | ||
| Current | 75 (15.9%) | 69 (14.6%) | 64 (17.7%) | 51 (14.0%) | ||
| Diabetes | 28 (5.9%) | 28 (5.9%) | 0.99 | 27 (7.5%) | 34 (9.3%) | 0.37 |