Abstract: | ![]() Blood pressure was measured in 743 elderly peasants over 55 years of age in surburban districts of Hefei city.It was found that pulse pressure in males of age group 55~59 was 7.45±1.72kPa(55.88±12.90mmHg);of age group60~64,8.0l±2.14kPa(60.08±l6.05mmHg);of 65~69,8.26±l.83kPa(6l.95±13.73mmHg);of 70~74;9.23±l.37kPa(69.23±10.28mmHg);and of 75+,9.49± 1.18kPa(71.18±8. 85mmHg).Pulse pressure in females of respective age groups was 7.90±l.40kPa(59.25±10.50mmHg),8.07±1.58kPa(60.53±11.85mmHg),9.12± l.91kPa(68.40±14.33mmHg),10.28±l.92kPa(77.10±14.40mmHg),and 10.92±2.04kPa(81.90±l5.30mmHg).Pulse pressure of both males and females increases with age,and female's pulse pressure was slightly higher than male's in same age groups。Liner regression analysis between pulse and l5 factoro(sex, age,cigarette use and so on)showed that pulse pressure positively associated with age,sex,cigarette use, mental incidence,salt threshold,TG,HDL-C and body weight index(P<0.05)and negatively associated with body height(P<0.05). Multivariable stepwise regression analysis revealed that mental incidence,body weight index,HDL-C and age are detectors for pulse pressure(P<0.05). |