Table 2.

Demographic, hemodynamic, and biochemical data in hypertensive patients and control subjects matched for age and gender

	Hypertensives	Normotensives	P
Age, years	45 ± 7	45 ± 7	0.977
Male gender (%)	15 (50%)	15 (50%)
BMI, kg/m2	27.0 ± 3.3	24.2 ± 2.3	0.0001
Systolic BP, mmHg	155 ± 13	132 ± 4	0.0001
Diastolic BP, mmHg	95 ± 9	80 ± 4	0.0001
Heart rate, bpm	72 ± 9	71 ± 9	0.669
Hb, g/dl	13.7 ± 1.0	13.4 ± 0.6	0.164
Hematocrit, %	42 ± 4	41 ± 2	0.087
MCHC, g/dl	32.7 ± 1.6	33.7 ± 1.1	0.008
Serum iron, mcg/dl	88 ± 27	87 ± 25	0.917
Cholesterol, mg/dl	206 ± 32	186 ± 12	0.002
LDL-cholesterol, mg/dl	130 ± 34	114 ± 24	0.045
HDL-cholesterol, mg/dl	52 ± 13	57 ± 11	0.099
Triglyceride, mg/dl	117 ± 38	103 ± 28	0.135
Glucose, mg/dl	94 ± 11	87 ± 7	0.003
Insulin, U/L	16.6 ± 7.5	7.7 ± 3.4	0.0001
HOMAIR	3.9 ± 1.9	1.7 ± 0.7	0.0001
Creatinine, mg/dl	0.91 ± 0.16	0.79 ± 0.10	0.002
eGFR, ml/min per 1.73 m2	85 ± 18	98 ± 18	0.010
CRP, mg/L	4.1 ± 2.3	1.5 ± 0.6	0.0001
FBF, % increase
ACh	296 ± 207	664 ± 108	0.0001
SNP	309 ± 114	348 ± 97	0.163

Data are expressed as mean ± SD unless otherwise stated.