Table 2.
Distribution of Demographic Characteristics and Hypertension Risk Factors at Recruitment by Telomere Length in Controls and Cases
| Characteristics | Controls |
Cases |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Half | Lower Half | P | Upper Half | Lower Half | P | |
| Age, y | 52.6 (9.7) | 52.2 (9.8) | 0.663 | 53.8 (9.5) | 53.7 (9.2) | 0.236 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 24.4 (3.1) | 24.5 (3.0) | 0.609 | 26.4 (3.4) | 26.2 (3.2) | 0.236 |
| SBP, mm Hg | 104 (9) | 106 (10) | 0.089 | 142 (15) | 143 (16) | 0.808 |
| DBP, mm Hg | 65 (6.9) | 68 (6.4) | 0.082 | 91 (9.6) | 92 (10.2) | 0.688 |
| Fasting glucose, mmol/L | 5.35 (1.3) | 5.40 (1.5) | 0.723 | 5.78 (1.4) | 5.80 (1.5) | 0.868 |
| Triglycerides, mmol/L | 1.52 (0.91) | 1.61 (1.64) | 0.480 | 1.83 (0.96) | 2.14 (1.91) | 0.051 |
| TC, mmol/L | 4.80 (0.86) | 4.80 (0.98) | 0.974 | 4.98 (0.96) | 5.12 (0.99) | 0.184 |
| HDL, mmol/L | 1.67 (0.48) | 1.77 (0.55) | 0.046 | 1.66 (0.50) | 1.59 (0.57) | 0.238 |
| Family history, % | 15.4 | 22.6 | 0.069 | 62.7 | 61.1 | 0.739 |
| BUN, mmol/L | 4.68 (1.74) | 4.56 (1.65) | 0.495 | 5.01 (2.08) | 4.75 (1.74) | 0.187 |
| SC, μmol/L | 75.6 (9.4) | 76.4 (11.3) | 0.435 | 81.6 (11.6) | 81.9 (14.8) | 0.817 |
BMI indicates body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; TC, serum total cholesterol; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; BUN, blood urine nitrogen; SC, serum creatinine.