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. 2024 Feb 7;19(1):17. doi: 10.5334/gh.1296

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants by resistant hypertension.


TOTAL n = 1378 Non-RH (n = 1164) RH (n = 214) P-VALUE

Age (years) 55.6 ± 12.9 55.6 ± 13.1 55.5 ± 11.8 0.990

Sex

Male 606 (43.9%) 496 (42.6%) 110 (51.4%) 0.017

Female 773 (56.1%) 669 (57.4%) 104 (48.6%)

Duration of hypertension (months) 98.6 ± 99.0 92.5 ± 95.9 129.1 ± 108.7 <0.001

Fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) 6.0 ± 2.4 6.0 ± 2.2 6.5 ± 3.1 0.010

Diabetes Mellitus 284 (20.6%) 227 (19.5%) 57 (26.6%) 0.018

Family history of hypertension 783 (56.7%) 651 (55.9%) 132 (61.7%) 0.011

Alcohol use 415 (30.1%) 341 (29.3%) 74 (34.6%) 0.198

Tobacco use 79 (5.7%) 62 (5.3%) 17 (7.9%) 0.204

First office SBP (mmHg) 145 ± 23 143 ± 21 160 ± 23 <0.001

First office DBP (mmHg) 88 ± 14 87 ± 14 93 ± 15 <0.001

Office SBP at control (mmHg) 125 ± 14 123 ± 13 132 ± 17 <0.001

Office DBP at control (mmHg) 77 ± 9 77 ± 9 79 ± 12 <0.001

Total cholesterol (mmol/l) 5.1 ± 1.2 5.1 ± 1.2 5.1 ± 1.4 0.542

High-density lipoprotein (mmol/l) 1.6 ± 0.6 1.6 ± 0.6 1.6 ± 0.6 0.525

Low-density lipoprotein (mmol/l) 3.0 ± 1.1 3.0 ± 1.1 3.1 ± 1.2 0.616

Triglyceride (mmol/l) 1.2 ± 0.6 1.2 ± 0.6 1.3 ± 0.7 0.050

Dyslipidemia 917 (70.6%) 770 (70.5%) 147 (71.4%) 0.807

Obesity (BMI > 30 kg/m2) 660 (47.9%) 535 (45.9%) 125 (59.0%) <0.001

Number of antihypertensives 2.6 ± 1.1 2.4 ± 1.0 4.1 ± 0.7 <0.001

No of office visits before BP control 2.87 ± 1.58 2.66 ± 1.20 3.96 ± 2.59 <0.001

BP Control <0.001

Controlled Non-RH 1105 (80.1%) 1105 (94.8%) 0.0 (0%)

Controlled RH 169 (12.3%) 0.0 (0%) 169 (79.0%)

Uncontrolled Non-RH 60 (4.4%) 60 (5.2%) 0.0 (0%)

Uncontrolled RH 45 (3.3%) 0.0 (0.0%) 45 (21.0%)

White coat hypertension 23 (1.7%) 16 (1.4%) 7 (3.3%)* 0.073

Serum creatinine (µmol/l) 98.0 ± 36.8 96.9 ± 37.4 103.6 ± 33.1 0.009

eGFR (mls/min/1.73 m2) 72.3 ± 19.8 72.9 ± 19.8 69.4 ± 19.5 0.018

LVMI (g/m2) 107.9 ± 36.2 107.4 ± 36.7 111.0 ± 33.1 0.177

Ejection fraction (%) 64 ± 14 64 ± 15 67 ± 12 0.004

Heart Failure 207 (15.0%) 188 (16.1%) 19 (8.9%) 0.006

HFrEF/HFmrEF 145 (10.5%) 137 (11.8%) 8 (3.7%) 0.002

HFpEF 62 (4.5%) 51 (4.4%) 11 (5.1%) 0.002

Cerebrovascular Disease 86 (6.2%) 63 (5.4%) 23 (10.7%) 0.003

Chronic Kidney Disease 35 (2.5%) 25 (2.1%) 10 (4.7%) 0.031

Coronary Artery Disease 27 (2.0%) 22 (1.9%) 5 (2.3%) 0.664

BP- Blood pressure, BMI- Body mass index, DBP- Diastolic blood pressure, eGFR- Estimated glomerular filtration rate, HFpEF- Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, HFmrEF- Heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction, HFrEF- Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, LVMI- Left ventricular mass index, RH- Resistant hypertension, No- Number, SBP- Systolic blood pressure.