Table 2: Blood pressure indices in the elderly and young.
Parameters |
Elderly Mean (SD) |
Young Mean (SD) |
T-Test |
P-Value |
Pulse rate (beat/min) |
67.76 (13.74) |
72.13 (6.79) |
2.258 |
0.0256* |
Brachial systolic BP (mmHg) |
125.02 (17.27) |
121.2 (8.97) |
1.521 |
0.131 |
Brachial diastolic BP (mmHg) |
78.88 (11.07) |
76.88 (6.18) |
1.264 |
0.2087 |
Brachial pulse pressure (mmHg) |
46.14 (12.27) |
44.31 (10.91) |
0.890 |
0.3754 |
Mean brachial arterial BP (mmHg) |
94.26 (12.16) |
91.71 (5.47) |
1.513 |
0.1327 |
*: Statistically significant