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Table 1 Demographics among vapers and non-vapers

From: Examining the Relationship Between Pulse Wave Characteristics and Components of Body Composition Among College Aged Vapers and Non-vapers

Variables

Vaper

Non-Vaper

p-value

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Age (years)

19.4 ± 1.4

19.5 ± 2.2

0.876

Height (cm)

165.0 ± 9.1

165.0 ± 6.5

0.958

Body weight (kg)

59.6 ± 9.2

61.5 ± 9.3

0.405

BF%

25.9 ± 4.5

27.8 ± 6.2

0.179

VF (g)

177.0 ± 74.0

187.0 ± 119

0.720

BMD (g/cm2)

1.1 ± 0.1

1.1 ± 0.1

0.136

RHR (bpm)

65.7 ± 11.4

68.8 ± 9.9

0.242

BSBP (mmHg)

122.0 ± 8.4

123 ± 8.3

0.659

BDBP (mmHg)

73.0 ± 9.4

73.6 ± 5.5

0.761

CSBP (mmHg)

107.0 ± 8.4

108.0 ± 6.9

0.624

CDBP (mmHg)

74.0 ± 9.4

74.7 ± 5.6

0.667

PP (mmHg)

33.5 ± 4.9

33.7 ± 5.7

0.908

CMAP (mmHg)

88.6 ± 9.8

89.7 ± 6.3

0.555

AP (mmHg)

5.3 ± 4.1

5.7 ± 3.7

0.634

AIx %

14.5 ± 10.0

16.1 ± 9.6

0.523

AIx 75%

11.4 ± 10.6

13.1 ± 10.8

0.549

PWV (m/s)

5.4 ± 0.8

5.4 ± 0.7

0.975

  1. Values are mean ± standard deviation
  2. BMI body mass index, BF% body fat percentage, VF visceral fat in grams, BMD bone mineral density, RHR resting heart rate, bpm beats per minute, BSBP brachial systolic blood pressure, mmHg millimetres of mercury, BDBP brachial diastolic blood pressure, CSBP central systolic blood pressure, CDBP central diastolic blood pressure, PP pulse pressure, CMAP central mean arterial pressure, AP augmentation pressure, AIx augmentation index, AIx 75 augmentation index normalized to 75 beats per minute, PWV pulse wave velocity, m/s meters per second