Table 1.

Age, body mass index (BMI), and plasma lipids in French Canadians and African Americans with essential hypertension

	French Canadians		African Americans
	Men (n = 111)	Women (n = 107)	Men (n = 26)	Women (n = 45)
Age	48.6 ± 4.6 (22–86)	52.9 ± 5.2 (23–88)	41.8 ± 8.4 (31–53)	45.6 ± 6.9 (28–56)
BMI, kg/m2	28.64 ± 2.76 (21.90–38.76)	28.65 ± 2.80 (17.03–43.74)	29.55 ± 5.91 (18.92–43.67)	29.55 ± 5.91 (20.60–40.81)
Triglycerides, mmol/l	2.41 ± 0.23 (0.22–6.58)	2.23 ± 0.23 (0.24–7.03)	1.43 ± 0.29* (0.41–2.16)	1.10 ± 0.17** (0.52–2.34)
Cholesterol, mmol/l	5.21 ± 0.51 (0.62–7.81)	5.82 ± 0.59 (0.68–11.36)	4.99 ± 1.02 (2.34–8.22)	4.89 ± 0.75 (2.73–7.12)
LDL, mmol/l	3.22 ± 0.33 (0.38–5.50)	3.41 ± 0.36 (0.32–9.38)	3.30 ± 0.67 (1.24–5.77)	3.36 ± 0.51 (1.36–5.38)
HDL, mmol/l	1.05 ± 0.10 (0.18–2.17)	1.39 ± 0.14 (0.21–4.37)	1.02 ± 0.21 (0.51–2.22)	1.04 ± 0.16 (0.73–1.77)

Means ± s.e. values are given; extreme values are shown in parentheses.

HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.

^*P < 0.01 and

^**P < 0.001 compared to French-Canadian men and women, respectively.