. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 13.

Published in final edited form as: J Hypertens. 2011 Aug;29(8):1502–1507. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283486311

Table 1. Baseline clinical characteristics.

	Male (n = 190)	Female (n = 325)	P-value^*
Age (years)	45.4 ± 12.4	50.3 ± 9.7	< 0.001
Office BP
SBP (mmHg)	158.7 ± 17.1	160.1 ± 15.0	0.344
DBP (mmHg)	99.8 ± 12.7	97.8 ± 10.4	0.053
Smoking (%)	71 (37.4%)	17 (5.2%)	< 0.001
Height (cm)	170.0 ± 6.5	155.7 ± 5.1	< 0.001
Weight (kg)	75.1 ± 10.4	60.2 ± 8.7	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m²)	25.9 ± 2.6	24.8 ± 3.3	< 0.001
T. chol (mg/dl)	208.4 ± 34.2	211.8 ±3 4.4	0.287
TG (mg/dl)	167.2 ± 129.2	133.4 ± 78.3	< 0.001
HDL (mg/dl)	51.9 ± 11.8	58.9 ± 15.1	< 0.001
LDL (mg/dl)	124.0 ± 34.6	126.6 ± 32.8	0.394
FBG (mg/dl)	105.3 ± 25.9	100.5 ± 23.5	0.032
hsCRP (mg/L)	1.95 ± 3.08	1.63 ± 2.66	0.227

Values are presented as n (%) or mean ± SD.

SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; BMI, Body Mass Index; T. chol, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; FBG, fasting blood glucose; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein measured by high-sensitivity CRP test.

P-values < 0.05 are considered significant.