Table 3.

Demographic, hemodynamic, and biochemical data in hypertensive patients and normotensive subjects according to gender

Data	Hypertensives				Normotensives
	All	Men	Women	P	All	Men	Women	P
Age, years	48 ± 11	47 ± 9	48 ± 12	0.600	45 ± 7	45 ± 7	45 ± 7	0.901
Male gender (%)	77 (44%)	77	97		15 (50%)	15	15
BMI, kg/m2	27.4 ± 3.7	27.3 ± 3.1	27.3 ± 4.0	0.999	24.2 ± 2.3	24.2 ± 2.6	24.3 ± 2.0	0.965
Systolic BP, mmHg	153 ± 15	150 ± 16	154 ± 15	0.081	132 ± 4	131 ± 4	133 ± 3	0.417
Diastolic BP, mmHg	94 ± 10	94 ± 10	94 ± 10	0.697	80 ± 4	80 ± 4	80 ± 4	0.932
Heart rate, bpm	73 ± 9	72 ± 10	74 ± 9	0.281	71 ± 9	72 ± 10	74 ± 7	0.530
[Hb], g/dl	13.8 ± 1.1	14.2 ± 1.0	13.6 ± 1.0	0.0001	13.4 ± 0.6	14.0 ± 0.7	13.3 ± 0.8	0.019
Hematocrit, %	43 ± 4	43 ± 3	42 ± 4	0.007	41 ± 2	42 ± 2	40 ± 2	0.007
MCHC, g/dl	32.6 ± 1.7	32.8 ± 1.5	32.5 ± 1.8	0.252	33.7 ± 1.1	33.7 ± 0.89	33.6 ± 1.3	0.915
Serum iron, μg/dl	90 ± 28	91 ± 26	88 ± 29	0.499	87 ± 26	88 ± 27	86 ± 25	0.835
Cholesterol, mg/dl	206 ± 32	203 ± 32	208 ± 32	0.307	186 ± 12	184 ± 14	189 ± 10	0.356
LDL-cholesterol, mg/dl	129 ± 33	127 ± 33	132 ± 32	0.314	114 ± 24	109 ± 25	119 ± 22	0.285
HDL-cholesterol, mg/dl	52 ± 13	51 ± 11	53 ± 14	0.443	57 ± 11	58 ± 10	56 ± 13	0.601
Triglyceride, mg/dl	118 ± 40	121 ± 41	115 ± 40	0.340	103 ± 28	107 ± 32	99 ± 24	0.449
Glucose, mg/dl	95 ± 11	98 ± 11	93 ± 11	0.006	87 ± 7	87 ± 4	87 ± 9	0.993
Insulin, U/L	14.1 ± 7.2	15.1 ± 6.8	13.2 ± 7.4	0.081	7.7 ± 3.4	8.4 ± 3.7	7.1 ± 3.0	0.303
HOMAIR	3.3 ± 1.9	3.6 ± 1.7	3.0 ± 1.9	0.032	1.7 ± 0.7	1.8 ± 0.8	1.5 ± 0.7	0.332
Creatinine, mg/dl	0.92 ± 0.17	0.93 ± 0.16	0.90 ± 0.17	0.136	0.79 ± 0.10	0.82 ± 0.10	0.76 ± 0.09	0.080
eGFR, ml/min per 1.73 m2	84 ± 21	95 ± 19	75 ± 17	0.0001	98 ± 18	108 ± 17	88 ± 14	0.002
CRP, mg/L	4.2 ± 2.5	4.0 ± 2.4	4.0 ± 2.4	0.524	1.5 ± 0.6	1.6 ± 0.5	1.3 ± 0.7	0.366
FBF, % increase
ACh	328 ± 216	287 ± 167	359 ± 167	0.028	664 ± 108	634 ± 100	655 ± 101	0.561
SNP	320 ± 114	321 ± 122	320 ± 107	0.916	348 ± 97	323 ± 96	373 ± 94	0.156

Data are expressed as mean ± SD unless otherwise stated.