Table 2.
Participant characteristics by hypertension status of the study population of pre- and postmenopausal women from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2007–2010
| No hypertension | Hypertension | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Mean | se | Mean | se | P ‡ |
| Premenopausal women | n 1770 | n 328 | |||
| Total 25(OH)D (nmol/l)§ | 62·6 | 1·28 | 55·0 | 1·91 | 0·002 |
| 25(OH)D3 (nmol/l)§ | 59·9 | 1·30 | 51·7 | 1·76 | 0·001 |
| 25(OH)D2 (nmol/l)§ | 1·7 | 0·03 | 1·9 | 0·09 | 0·205 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 109·9 | 0·38 | 126·7 | 0·90 | <0·001 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 67·3 | 0·44 | 77·7 | 0·84 | <0·001 |
| Age (years) | 34·9 | 0·34 | 40·5 | 0·56 | <0·001 |
| Postmenopausal women | n 825 | n 1473 | |||
| Total 25(OH)D (nmol/l)§ | 68·9 | 1·38 | 64·2 | 1·14 | <0·001 |
| 25(OH)D3 (nmol/l)§ | 63·5 | 1·33 | 56·9 | 1·05 | <0·001 |
| 25(OH)D2 (nmol/l)§ | 2·3 | 0·12 | 2·6 | 0·12 | 0·099 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 116·8 | 0·58 | 134·7 | 0·65 | <0·001 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 68·5 | 0·45 | 68·8 | 0·63 | 0·621 |
| Age (years) | 57·9 | 0·40 | 65·4 | 0·30 | <0·001 |
Total 25(OH)D, total 25-hydroxyvitamin D; 25(OH)D3, 25-hydroxycholecalciferol; 25(OH)D2, 25-hydroxyergocalciferol; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.
‡
P < 0·05 is considered significant.
§
Geometric means are presented.