Table 1.

Characteristics of subjects without and with hypertension (mean ± SD or%)

	No hypertension (n = 505)	Hypertension (n = 245)	p-value
Age (years)	53.3 ± 10.5	62.8 ± 11.6	<0.0001
Women (%)	45.0	51.0	0.12
BMI (kg/m2)	27.3 ± 4.5	29.0 ± 5.4	<0.0001
Ex-smokers	41.1	46.5	0.16
Current smokers (%)	21.4	12.2	0.002
Pack-years (% per group)			0.52
0	37.7	41.2
>0–5	13.3	13.1
>5–20	24.8	20.8
>20	24.2	24.9
CRP (mg/L) (%per group)			< 0.0001
<0.75	25.5	21.8
0.75–1.27	29.8	17.6
1.27–3.25	23.5	28.4
>3.25	21.2	32.2