Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical profile.
| Total Mean (SD)* |
Normotensive Mean (SD) |
Hypertensive Mean (SD) |
P value† | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 46.3 (10.8) | 39.0 (8.4) | 53.6 (7.5) | <0.001 |
| Schooling (years) | 10.8 (5.5) | 14.6 (3.1) | 7.1 (4.8) | <0.001 |
| Diagnosis length | — | — | 9.6 (8.5) | — |
| SBP¶ mmHg | 126.9 (23.6) | 112.2 (9.4) | 141.9 (24.2) | <0.001 |
| DBP§ mmHg | 78.5 (13.8) | 70.9 (8.8) | 86.2 (13.7) | <0.001 |
| MBP‡ mmHg | 94.6 (16.0) | 84.9 (8.5) | 104.9 (15.8) | <0.001 |
| PP** mmHg | 48.4 (16.1) | 41.2 (7.0) | 56.2 (19.0) | <0.001 |
| BMI†† Kg/m2 | 28.1 (5.6) | 25.2 (4.4) | 31.0 (5.2) | <0.001 |
| WC¶¶ cm | 93.3 (11.4) | 87.7 (10.4) | 99.0 (9.5) | <0.001 |
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| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | P value§§ | |
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| Gender | ||||
| Female | 92 (85.2%) | 50 (92.6%) | 42 (77.8%) | 0.404 |
| Skin color | ||||
| White | 64 (59.3%) | 42 (77.8%) | 23 (42.6%) | 0.018 |
| Marital Status | ||||
| With partner | 67 (62.1%) | 29 (53.8%) | 38 (70.4%) | 0.272 |
| Employment | ||||
| Active | 73 (67.6%) | 50 (92.6%) | 23 (42.6%) | 0.002 |
| Nonactive | 19 (17.6%) | 3 (5.6%) | 16 (29.6%) | 0.005 |
| Housewife | 16 (14.8%) | 1 (1.8%) | 15 (27.8%) | <0.001 |
| Monthly family income*** | ||||
| U$ 0–1620.8 | 55 (55.6%) | 15 (31.9%) | 40 (76.9%) | 0.001 |
| >U$ 1620.8 | 44 (44.4%) | 32 (68.1%) | 12 (23.1%) | 0.002 |
∗SD: standard deviation; †Mann-Whitney test; ¶SBP: systolic blood pressure, §DBP: diastolic blood pressure; ‡MBP: mean blood pressure; **PP: pulse pressure = [SBP − DBP]; ††BMI: body mass index = [weigh/height2]; ¶¶WC: waist circumference [16]; §§Chi-square; ‡‡Missing: 2 normotensive; ***Missing: 7 normotensive and 3 hypertensive subjects.