Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of participants.
TS | Controls | |||||||
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N | Mean ± SD | Range | n | Mean ± SD | Range | p-value | ||
Age (years) | 102 | 37.7 ± 10.9 | 18 - 62 | 24 | 42.7 ± 10.4 | 25 - 63 | 0.04 | |
Height (cm) | 102 | 147.3 ± 7.1 | 134 - 171 | 24 | 168.2 ± 5.9 | 155 - 177 | < 0.001 | |
Weight (kg) | 101 | 57.6 ± 12.4 | 34 - 104 | 24 | 69.4 ± 7.3 | 57 - 84 | < 0.001 | |
BMI (kg/m2) | 101 | 26.6 ± 5.6 | 16 - 48 | 24 | 24.6 ± 3.2 | 21 - 34 | 0.1 | |
BSA (m2) | 101 | 1.49 ± 0.16 | 1.2 - 2 | 24 | 1.79 ± 0.092 | 1.6 - 2 | < 0.001 | |
24 h AMBP (mm Hg) | Systolic | 97 | 122 ± 14 | 99 - 192 | 24 | 115 ± 9 | 100 - 133 | 0.03 |
Diastolic | 97 | 77 ± 11 | 54 - 134 | 24 | 73 ± 7 | 63 - 87 | 0.1 | |
Estrogen deficiency (yrs) | 94 | 6.4 ± 8.3 | 0 - 40 | |||||
GH treatment (years) | 23 | 5.5 | 1 - 12 | |||||
Antihypertensive treatmeant (years) | 24 | 5.3 | 0.5 - 19 |
Baseline data in TS and healthy female control subjects.
AMBP are average values of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure registration (day and night time values not shown).