Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of subjects in study of UAGT in obese individuals

Variable	Group I (n=39)	Group II (n=38)	P value
Age (years)	31.7 ± 10.2	40.0±12.6	<0.01
BMI	23.0±2.8	38.2±5.6	<0.01
UAGT/UCr (μg/g)	6.3±4.3	5.2±3.3	NS
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)	0.8±0.2	0.8±0.2	NS
UALB/UCr (mg/g)	8.5±7.2	11.0±10.7	NS
Glucose (mg/dL)	60.8±19.3	79.7±26.1	<0.01
Systolic BP (mm Hg)	117.6±11.9	127.0±15.7	<0.01
Diastolic BP (mm Hg)	72.3±12.0	79.4± 11.6	0.01
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	60.9±13.4	52.0±17.2	0.02
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	93.3±28.3	119.1 ±36.4	<0.01
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	70.4±24.2	128.7±5.1	<0.01

Group I = nonobese controls (BMI ≤27); Group II = obese subjects (BMI ≥30). No subjects had diabetes or hypertension

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation

UAGT urinary angiotensinogen, BMI body mass index, UCr urinary creatinine, NS not significant, UALB urinary albumin, BP blood pressure, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein