Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of study population
| Parameter | Normotensive Subjects (N) |
Hypertensive Patients | ANOVA | ||||
| Mild(I) | Moderate(II) | Severe(III) | P value | F | R2 | ||
| Number | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | |||
| Sex (M/F) | 17/18 | 17/18 | 17/18 | 17/18 | |||
| Age (Years) | 43.46 (14.96) | 51.37 (14.96) | 54.23 (12.46) | 52.17 (10.37) | 0.5618 | 0.6969 | 0.0695 |
| BSA (m2) | 1.81 (0.18) | 1.79 (0.18) | 1.74 (0.19) | 1.75 (0.19) | 0.3073 | 1.214 | 0.0261 |
| BMI (Kg/m2) | 26.7 (5.07) | 27.43 (5.56) | 26.24 (4.14) | 26.14 (5.23) | 0.6959 | 0.4812 | 0.0105 |
| HR (beats/min) | 78.06 (11.12) | 81.46 (11.46) | 78.34 (10.84) | 86.34 (13.40) | 0.4109 | 0.9658 | 0.0209 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 123 (21) | 159 (21) | 172 (15) | 194 (23) | < 0.0001 | 50.75 | 0.5282 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 74 (7) | 99 (2) | 109 (2) | 124 (8) | < 0.0001 | 508.0 | 0.9181 |