[Table/Fig-4]:

Comparison of individual risk factors and total risk factor score between normotensives and systalicprehypertensives (values are mean± SD)

Parameters	Systolic Prehypertensives (n =42)	Normotensives (n = 42)	t-value	p-value
BMI(kg/m2)	24.64 ± 4.45	21.59 ± 3.90	3.342	0.001
WC(cm)	88.66±12.46	77.58± 9.48	4.586	< 0.0001
Diet score	31.86± 6.19	33.33± 5.51	1.153	0.252
PSQI	4.40± 2.77	5.38± 2.64	1.651	0.102
PSS	19.35± 6.50	20.59± 4.74	0.997	0.322
Total risk score	8.33± 2.29	7.59± 1.90	655.50*	0.042

*Mann-Whitney U-statistic.