Table 1.

Comparisons of general parameters (x̅ ± s)

Project	A	B	C
Cases	79	30	25
Gender (male)	41	17	20
Age (years)	64 ± 3	63 ± 2	50 ± 2*
TC (mmol/L)	4.57 ± 0.55	4.61 ± 0.54	4.54 ± 0.52
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.64 ± 0.31	2.71 ± 0.28	2.59 ± 0.32
TG (mmol/L)	1.52 ± 0.20	1.49 ± 0.31	1.51 ± 0.24
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.08 ± 0.20	1.06 ± 0.22	1.07 ± 0.23
BS (mmol/L)	5.33 ± 0.42	5.40 ± 0.32	5.36 ± 0.37
ALT (u/L)	38.25 ± 3.33	37.41 ± 2.97	38.05 ± 3.24
AST (u/L)	35.27 ± 2.21	36.01 ± 2.43	35.31 ± 2.33
BUN (mmol/L)	5.46 ± 0.19	5.51 ± 0.11	5.44 ± 0.20
CRE (μmol/L)	92.52 ± 3.68	92.58 ± 4.17	92.49 ± 3.68
UA (μmol/L)	373.14 ± 11.46	371.57 ± 10.96	374.32 ± 11.22

Compare respectively with non-hypertensive group and the elderly hypertensive group;

^*P < 0.05.

A = elderly hypertensive group; B = elderly non-hypertensive group; C = non-elderly hypertensive group.