Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of normal control and hypertensive patients

	NC	HT
Number	8	8
Age	50±4	56±3
Sex (m:f)	2:6	3:5
Cholesterol	182±20	191±14
SBP*	115±4	169±8
DBP*	65±3	98±3

Values are mean ±SEM,

^*p<0.05 (NC vs HT) NC, normal control; HT, hypertensive patients group