Table 3.
Physical characteristics and kidney data for Senegalese Africans compared to African Americans by hypertensive (HT) status
| Senegalese | African Americans |
P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. (n = 39) | B. Non-HT (n = 14) | C. HT (n = 24) | (A vs B) | (A vs C) | (B vs C) | |
| Age (years) | 42.3 (14.9) | 32.0 (11.5) | 46.7 (12.2) | 0.05 | 0.65 | 0.006 |
| Height (cm) | 168.2 (7.0) | 178.7 (16.2) | 175.1 (10.3) | 0.005 | 0.03 | 0.91 |
| Weight (kg) | 71.0 (10.9) | 83.3 (23.3) | 90.5 (27.9) | 0.15 | 0.001 | 0.88 |
| BSA (m2) | 1.83 (0.16) | 2.03 (0.33) | 2.10 (0.37) | 0.07 | 0.001 | 1.00 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.2 (4.2) | 26.4 (6.8) | 30.5 (8.8) | 1.00 | 0.006 | 0.18 |
| Nglom | 972 825 (277 237) | 899 343 (334 835) | 1 011 123 (392 696) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.94 |
| Vglom (μm3 × 106) | 5.38 (1.25) | 7.31 (2.02) | 8.88 (3.30) | 0.02 | <0.0001 | 0.12 |