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. 2023 Jun 14;18(1):31. doi: 10.5334/gh.1211

Table 2.

Clinical, laboratory findings and echocardiographic data of all patients in both groups.


GROUP I (N = 842) (CONTROLLED HTN) GROUP II (N = 148)(RESISTANT HTN) P. VALUE

BMI, (kg/m2) 26.72 ± 4.45 29.18 ± 3.38 0.001*

Heart rate, (bpm) 79.74 ± 15.2 81.99 ± 18.0 0.107

Systolic BP, mmHg 129.4 ± 11.6 159.5 ± 17.3 0.001*

Diastolic BP, mmHg 80.59 ± 8.34 95.20 ± 8.76 0.001*

Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dl) 118.5 ± 17.2 117.1 ± 16.6 0.362

2-h post prandial plasma glucose (mg/dl) (mg/dl) (mmol/L) 167.8 ± 31.1 168.6 ± 40.5 0.784

HbA1c % 6.354 ± 1.26 6.428 ± 1.28 0.513

Hemoglobin, g/dl 12.05 ± 1.06 12.07 ± 1.05 0.825

TSH (mlU/L) 4.31 ± 1.91 4.53 ± 2.85 0.233

Total cholesterol (mg/dl) 223.9 ± 38.8 224.0 ± 45.1 0.982

Triglycerides (mg/dl) 165.8 ± 32.3 163.6 ± 27.6 0.428

LDL (mg/dl) 137.4 ± 27.0 141.3 ± 30.1 0.111

HDL (mg/dl) 43.68 ± 7.34 44.33 ± 7.93 0.324

Serum creatinine (mg/dl) 1.13 ± 0.50 1.25 ± 0.60 0.012*

e-GFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) 92.09 ± 17.2 89.09 ± 15.0 0.047*

Albuminuria (mg/g) 29.01 ± 5.01 29.12 ± 4.04 0.791

Serum potassium (mmol/L) 4.49 ± 0.79 4.48 ± 0.79 0.945

Uric acid (mg/dl) 5.69 ± 1.07 5.58 ± 1.30 0.250

Ankle brachial index 1.04 ± 0.14 1.02 ± 0.13 0.140

LVEDD (cm) 5.75 ± 0.51 5.71 ± 0.57 0.326

LVESD (cm) 3.85 ± 0.43 3.78 ± 0.44 0.088

LVEF, (%) 62.76 ± 3.77 62.54 ± 4.48 0.524

LVH, n (%) 395 (46.9%) 88 (59.5%) 0.005*

E/A 1.37 ± 0.42 1.39 ± 0.42 0.631

E/E’ 11.5 ± 1.36 11.8 ± 1.03 0.019*

LAVI (ml/m2) 33.6 ± 1.70 34.1 ± 3.04 0.016*

LVMI (gr/m2) 115.2 ± 27.1 122.7 ± 25.3 0.002*

Carotid IMT (mm) 0.99 ± 0.11 0.98 ± 0.10 0.274

BMI: body mass index, BP: blood pressure, HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin, TSH: thyroid stimulating hormones, LDL: low density lipoprotein, HDL: high density lipoprotein, e-GFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate, LVEDD: left ventricle end-diastolic dimensions, LVESD: left ventricle end-systolic dimensions LVEF: left ventricle ejection fraction, LVH: left ventricular hypertrophy, E: peak early diastolic velocity, A: peak late diastolic velocity, E’: peak early diastolic myocardial velocity, LAVI: left atrium volume index, LVMI: left ventricular mass index, IMT: intima media thickness, *: Significant P value.