Table 2.
Clinical Characteristics of the hypertensive subjects by gender.
| Variable | Men (n = 124) |
Women (n = 274) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proportion with hypertension (%) | 50.2 | 44.8 | 0.223 |
| Age (yrs) | 62.6 (9.4) | 60.6 (9.3) | 0.046 |
| Height (m) | 1.62 (0.07) | 1.53 (0.06) | <0.0001 |
| Weight (kg) | 58.4 (11.1) | 57.2 (14.5) | 0.38 |
| Body Mass Index (Kg/m2) | 22.2 (3.9) | 24.3 (5.7) | <0.0001 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 83.9 (9.7) | 86.8 (13.6) | 0.015 |
| Waist to Hip ratio | 0.9 (0.05) | 0.88 (0.09) | 0.002 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 156 (18.2) | 159.2 (20.3) | 0.269 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 91.3 (13.1) | 91.4 (14.6) | 0.942 |
| Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L) | 4.7 (1.9) | 4.6 (1.3) | 0.531 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L)† | 4.6 (1.0) | 4.6 (0.7) | 0.612 |
†The sample sizes of the overall, men, and women groups for total cholesterol estimation were 292, 72, and 220 subjects, respectively. The remaining 106 subjects had low values (i.e., <3.88 mmol/L) based on the measuring range of the machine.