title: Reference values for clinic pulse pressure in a nonselected population.
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.
authors.affiliation: Institut CardioVasculaire, Paris, France. ra@icv.org
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Asmar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vol
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Brisac
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tichet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Topouchian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011674:Pulse; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors