Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants.

Variable	Sequence AB (n = 9)	Sequence BA (n = 7)
Sex	9 males	3 males, 4 females
Smoking (Never)	9 (100%)	7 (100%)
Age (years)	51.3 ± 5.1	46.0 ± 12.6
Duration of hypertension (months)	14.8 ± 7.3	40.0 ± 70.0
Mean systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	140.0 ± 8.6	141.1 ± 9.7
Mean diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	96.7 ± 21.2	92.8 ± 16.7
Body mass (kg)	75.5 ± 33.4	80.5 ± 12.0

Continuous variables are presented as mean ± standard deviation; categorical variables are shown as frequency (percentage).