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. 2011 Oct 23;2011:263170. doi: 10.4061/2011/263170

Table 1.

Age, anthropometric, and basal cardiovascular parameters of subjects of various groups.

Parameters Normotensive offspring Prehypertensive offspring P values
Group I Group II Group III Group IV
(n = 45) (n = 68) (n = 32) (n = 20)
Age (Years) 20.10 ± 2.80 19.85 ± 2.42 20.05 ± 2.30 19.70 ± 2.21 0.9132
Body weight (Kg) 58.76 ± 5.42 58.45 ± 6.46 62.40 ± 5.84*,# 59.10 ± 6.20 0.0199
BMI(Kg/m2) 22.70 ± 3.60 22.52 ± 3.45 25.16 ± 4.10*,## 24.10 ± 3.40 0.0040
WC (cm) 82.90 ± 6.32 82.28 ± 7.45 86.07 ± 5.56# 85.54 ± 5.40 0.0264
WHR 0.840 ± 0.08 0.835 ± 0.09 0.892 ± 0.08*,## 0.865 ± 0.07 0.0104
BHR (per min) 70.86 ± 8.70 70.05 ± 8.20 77.50 ± 9.10**,### 76.20 ± 8.50# <0.0001
SBP (mmHg) 110.50 ± 7.10 108.65 ± 8.40 128.16 ± 6.20***,### 127.30 ± 6.84**,### <0.0001
DBP (mmHg) 72.60 ± 5.90 72.48 ± 6.18 85.96 ± 4.50***,### 85.25 ± 4.68***,### <0.0001

Data presented are mean ± SD; Group I: normotensive offspring of both parents hypertensive; Group II: normotensive offspring of one parent hypertensive; Group III: prehypertensive offspring of both parents hypertensive; Group IV: prehypertensive offspring of one parent hypertensive; the *mark indicates comparison with group I, and the #mark indicates comparison with Group II. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; # P < 0.05; ## P < 0.01; ### P < 0.001.