Table 1.

Subject characteristics of the participants divided into a group of children and young and older adults

	Children	Young Adults	Older Adults	ANOVA
n	51	57	27
Age, yr	10±1*	27±6*	58±4*	<0.001
Sex, male/female	20/31	48/9	15/12
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	106±8*	116±10	121±16	<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	63±4*	67±7*	71±10*	<0.001
Mean blood pressure, mmHg	78±5*	81±11*	87±11*	<0.001
Height, cm	142±7*	177±8*	168±9*	<0.001
Weight, kg	39.7±9.1*	76.5±11.3	75.1±17.6	<0.001
BMI, kg/m2	19.5±3.2*	24.3±2.8*	26.2±4.6*	<0.001

Values are means ± SD; n, number of participants.

^*P < 0.05, post hoc significant from all other groups.