Table 2.
Characteristics of the diagnostic groups
| Normotension | Hypertension | White Coat Hypertension |
Masked Hypertension |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 1582 | 219 | 128 | 355 |
| Age, | 44.26 (13.47) | 57.21 (11.66) | 58.20 (12.88) | 48.26 (13.18) |
| Female, N (%) | 1096 (69.3%) | 74 (33.8%) | 59 (46.1%) | 187 (52.7%) |
| Education | 3.44 (0.87) | 2.98 (0.91) | 2.89 (0.83) | 3.29 (0.80) |
| BMI | 24.42 (4.03) | 28.38 (4.17) | 28.80 (4.29) | 25.52 (4.01) |
| Obesity, N | 146 (9.2%) | 62 (28.3%) | 41 (32.0%) | 46 (13.0%) |
| Ever Smoker, N |
628 (39.7%) | 106 (48.4%) | 47 (36.7%) | 172 (48.5%) |
|
Controlled Hypertension |
Resistant hypertension |
Pseudo- Resistant hypertension due to white coat effect |
Masked uncontrolled hypertension |
|
| N | 229 | 136 | 101 | 88 |
| Age, | 65.18 (10.57) | 67.46 (10.38) | 66.17 (9.05) | 63.86 (10.71) |
| Female, N (%) | 139 (60.7%) | 56 (41.2%) | 68 (67.3%) | 34 (38.6%) |
| Education | 2.68 (0.91) | 2.54 (0.89) | 2.52 (0.88) | 2.75 (0.89) |
| BMI | 28.80 (4.09) | 29.49 (4.67) | 30.48 (5.94) | 27.24 (3.55) |
| Obesity, N | 82 (35.8%) | 63 (46.3%) | 44 (43.6%) | 24 (27.3%) |
| Ever Smoker, N | 72 (31.4%) | 54 (39.7%) | 33 (32.7%) | 41 (46.6%) |
Note: BMI is body mass index (Kg/m2). Education is on a scale from 1 (no education) to 5 (university degree).