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Table 1 Systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure, pulse pressure (PP) and PP change by recalled age at menopause among non-hysterectomized women postmenopausal at baseline. N = 1688.

From: Pulse pressure and age at menopause

   

Baseline

6-year follow-up

   

Recalled age at

menopause

N

Mean age at

baseline

SBP

DBP

PP

SBP

DBP

PP

PP change

Adj1 PP change

95% CI

25–35

40

57.6

122.9

72.3

50.6

129.5

68.4

61.1

10.5

10.1

6.1–14.2

36–40

155

56.8

122.2

71.1

51.1

128.9

69.5

59.4

8.3

8.7

6.6–10.7

41–44

167

56.5

118.9

70.3

48.6

124.5

68.5

56.0

7.4

7.3

5.3–9.3

45–48

501

57.0

123.1

71.9

51.2

127.3

69.7

57.5

6.3

6.6

5.5–7.8

49–51

469

58.1

123.4

71.7

51.7

128.1

70.0

58.1

6.4

6.2

5.0–7.3

52+

356

59.8

125.4

71.3

54.0

129.9

68.7

61.2

7.2

6.8*

5.4–8.2

  1. 1 Adjusted for baseline age, baseline PP, race, hypertensive medication use and measurement error. * Adjusted test for linear overall trend p = 0.20, for women menopausal at age <45 (PP change 8.4, 95% CI 7.0–9.8) vs. age = 45 (PP change 6.5, 95% CI 5.8–7.2), p = 0.014.