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