Pulse pressure and age at menopause

BMC Women's Health

Table 3 Pulse pressure (PP) and PP changes by chronological age at baseline among non-hysterectomized women. N = 2484.

Age at baseline	N	Adjusted PP at baseline¹	Adjusted PP at 6-year follow-up¹	AdjustedPP change²	Adjusted PP change corrected for measurement error³	95% CI
45–46	206	42.3	47.4	5.1	6.2	4.5–8.0
47–49	266	44.0	48.7	4.7	5.2	3.6–6.7
50–52	364	45.9	51.1	5.3	5.4	4.1–6.7
53–55	398	48.2	53.5	5.3	5.1	3.9–6.4
56–58	442	50.6	57.6	7.0	6.6	5.5–7.8
59–61	418	53.7	61.0	7.2	7.0	5.8–8.3
62–64	390	56.5¹	64.1²	7.6³	7.3	6.0–8.6

¹ Test for overall linear trend, adjusted for race and hypertensive medication use, p = 0.7149 ² Test for overall linear trend, adjusted for baseline PP, race, hypertensive medication use, ARIC field center and smoking, p = 0.64 ³ Additionally corrected for measurement error, p = 0.23.

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