1. Electronic Table Characteristics of the volunteers participating in the annual health check program
Category
Sex
Systolic BP (mmHg)
Men (n=58)
Women (n=106)
P value
< 140
(n=102) (M:F=28:74）
140≦SBP< 160
(n=48)
(M:F=22:26）
≧ 160
(n=14)
(M:F=8:6）
ANOVA
Age (year)
60±11
59±13 ns
58±13
60±12
61±6
Height (m)
1.67±0.07
1.54±0.07
<0.0001
1.58±0.10
1.59±0.10
1.60±0.06
Body weight (kg)
65.7±9.7
54.3±7.6
57.3±10.0
60.1±10.6
61.5±7.9
Body mass index (kg/m2)
23.6±2.9
23.0±2.9
22.9±2.8
23.7±3.1
24.1±2.3
Heart Rate (beats/min)
73±12
76±14
76±12
73±13
75±19
Diastolic BP (mmHg)
139±20
82±11
131±17
76±11
<0.01
122±11
73±9
148±6
85±10
170±13
93±10
AIr (%)
91±16
96±15
<0.05
94±14
93±15
102±20
Adjusted AIr (%)
90±15
90±14
89±13
98±18
Values of characteristics are means±SD, ANOVA = analysis of variance, ns = non-significant, AIr = radial augmentation
index and adjusted AIr = radial augmentation index adjusted for age in 60-years-olds of male sex and heart-rate
at 75 beats/min).

2. Electronic Figure 1 ROC short long Sensitivity 1 - specificity 1.00
.75
.50
.25
0.00
Sensitivity
untreated
short
long
Electronic Figure 1 The receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) of radial augmentation index adjusted for age, sex and heart rate according to systolic blood pressure levels divided by 160 mmHg.

3. Electronic Figure 2 adjusted AIr (%) 130 110 90 70 50 10 20 30 40 5010 20 30 40 50
Duration of antihypertensive treatment (y)
Electronic Figure 2 Correlation between duration of antihypertensive treatment and age, sex and heart rate-adjusted radial augmentation index (adjusted AIr) in hypertensive patients.