TABLE 3.

Risk factor data in normotensive and hypertensive subjects

	Age, years (mean±SD)	BMI >25 (kg/m2) (%)	Smokers 1 (%)	Smokers 2 (%)
Normotensives (n=192)	46±3	44.9	45.8	35.7
Men (n=82)	43±2	55.8	53.0	41.4
Women (n=110)	48±2	35.6*	39.6	30.9
Hypertensives (n=206)	49±8	61.4†	50.6	30.6
Men (n=116)	47±9	65.7	59.4	34.7
Women (n=90)	51±7	55.4	38.4‡	23.3

^*P<0.01 versus normotensive men and versus hypertensive women;

^†P<0.01 versus normotensive group;

^‡P<0.01 versus hypertensive men. Smokers 1 were patients who had smoked at least seven cigarettes a week for at least one year at any time in their life. Smokers 2 were smokers at the time of the clinical examination and DNA blood sampling. BMI Body mass index