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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 9.
Published in final edited form as: Kidney Blood Press Res. 2014 Apr 9;38(0):205–216. doi: 10.1159/000355769

Table 1.

Characteristics of subjects in normotensive, hypotensive and hypertensive groups

Variables Groups
P
Normotensive Hypotensive Hypertensive
N 7745 1237 19276
Age (yr) 68.2±5.9 71.2±7.1 69.8±6.2 <0.0001
Male (%) 65.9 51.6 66.3 <0.0001
BMI (kg/m2) 23.6±3 22.5±3 24.6±3.1 <0.0001
SBP (mmHg) 126±9.6 115±12 148±18.1 <0.0001
DBP (mmHg) 74±7.1 56±3.8 81±11.9 <0.0001
PBP (mmHg) 52±9.3 59±12.6 68±16.1 <0.0001
Cholesterol (mmol/L) 5±0.9 4.9±0.9 5±0.9 <0.01
Glucose (mmol/L) 5.3±1.4 5.3±1.3 5.6±1.5 <0.0001
BUN (mmol/L) 5.3±1.4 5.5±1.6 5.4±1.6 <0.0001
Scr (μmol/L)) 73.8±18.5 72.8±20.4 77.8±28.3 <0.0001
UA (μmol/L)) 311.6±82.8 302.4±86 329.7±89.2 <0.0001
CKD-EPI eGFR (ml/min/1.73m2) 85.1±12.6 82.4±14 81.6±14.5 <0.0001
Renal insufficiency (%) 4.6 8.1 8.4 <0.0001
Proteinuria (%) 8.2 8.7 16.7 <0.0001
Obesity (%) 7.1 3.7 12.2 <0.0001
Hyperlipidemia (%) 37.4 31.9 43.3 <0.0001
Diabetes (%) 13 14.9 19.6 <0.0001

BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; PBP, pulse pressure; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; Scr, serum creatinine; UA, uric acid; CKD-EPI eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate by chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration formula