Fig 1.
The working principle of baPWV measurement.
The dictance from heart to the brachial arteries is marked by the red lines and is represented by L1. The dictance from heart to the ankle arteries is marked by the blue lines and is represented by L2. Thus, baPWV = ΔL/Δt = L2-L1/ Δt.
Fig 2.
Flowchart describing the selection and categorization of subjects from the reference value database for the present analysis.
Table 1.
Characteristics of study population.
Table 2.
Spearman correlation analysis on brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV).
Table 3.
Multiple regression analysis using baPWV as dependent variable.
Table 4.
Inflence of gender, dyslipidemia, Diabetes and smoking on baPWV(m/s) before and after adjustment for age and mean blood pressure (MBP).
Table 5.
Reference value of baPWV(m/s) according to age and blood pressure.
Table 6.
Normal values of baPWV(m/s).