Table 1: Clinical and laboratory data of hypertensive patients and healthy controls.
| Characteristics |
Controls (n=56) |
Patients (n=75) |
p |
| Gender, male, % (n) |
46 (26) |
55 (41) |
0.35 |
| Age, years |
62 (3) |
63 (3) |
0.022 |
| Office BP, systolic, mmHg |
130 (12) |
144 (14) |
<0.0001 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2
|
24 (3) |
27 (5) |
<0.0001 |
| eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2
|
86 (12) |
80 (11) |
0.004 |
| Haemoglobin A1c, mmol/mol |
37 (3) |
37 (5) |
0.26 |
| Total cholesterol, mmol/L |
5.5 (0.8) |
5.0 (1.0) |
0.009 |
| HDL cholesterol, mmol/L |
1.6 (0.4) |
1.4 (0.4) |
0.003 |
| Triglyceride, mmol/L |
1.1 (0.6) |
1.5 (0.9) |
0.002 |
| Present or former smokers, % (n)a,b
|
48 (27) |
55 (41) |
0.47 |
| Weekly alcohol intake, units a,c
|
5 [2, 7] |
4 [2, 10] |
0.84 |
Abbreviations: BP: blood pressure, eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate, HDL: high density lipoprotein.
Data are presented as mean (SD) except for gender and present smokers, which are presented as percentage (number) and weekly alcohol intake, which is presented as median [25;75 percentiles].
a Self-reported data. b None of the controls were present smokers. c 1 unit = 12 g alcohol.
Statistics were performed using unpaired t-test, Mann Whitney’s test, or chi-square test.