Angiopoietin-2 Is Associated with Aortic Stiffness in Diabetes Patients in Ghana: A Case-Control Study

Table 2

Comparison of aortic stiffness indices across various tertiles of angiogenic growth factors.

	Lower tertile	Middle tertile	Upper tertile
Angiopoietin-1
PWV			8.9 ± 1.5	0.019
AIx			29.8 ± 14.3	0.096
Aortic systolic BP			144 ± 29	0.013
Aortic PP			58 ± 20	0.025
Angiopoietin-2
PWV				0.017
AIx				<0.001
Aortic systolic BP				0.001
Aortic PP				0.005
VEGF
PWV				0.313
AIx				0.144
Aortic systolic BP				0.202
Aortic PP				0.27

BP: blood pressure; PWV: aortic pulse wave velocity; AIx: aortic augmentation index; VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor. compared to the lower tertile.