Table I.

Comparative demographic, clinical, and laboratory parameters in the 2 groups of patients

Parameter	MHT (n = 72)	Control (n = 40)	P-value
Age [years]*	47.4 ±11.3	46.1 ±10.2	> 0.05**
Gender (male/female)], N	42/30	26/14	> 0.05***
Body mass index [kg/m2]	26.2 ±2.3	25.7 ±2.5	> 0.05**
Waist circumference [cm]	87.2 ±2.9	86.9 ±2.6	> 0.05**
Smoker/non-smoker, N	32/40	14/26	> 0.05***
SBP [24 h]*	151.2 ±23.1	129.1 ±11.2	< 0.001**
DBP [24 h]*	96.4 ±12.2	81.2 ±5.6	< 0.001**
Dipper vs. non-dipper, N	31/41	33/7	0.0013***
Metabolic syndrome (present/absent), N	23/49	11/29	> 0.05***
Fasting blood glucose [mmol/l]	5.11 ±0.51	5.01 ±0.43	> 0.05**
Blood urea nitrogen [mmol/l]	5.31 ±0.54	5.06 ±0.41	> 0.05**
Creatinine [μmol/l]	79.3 ±29.2	75.3 ±18.2	> 0.05**
Hemoglobin [g/l]	143.7 ±42.3	140.5 ±34.3	> 0.05**
Sodium [mmol/l]	141.5 ±8.21	140.9 ±8.33	> 0.05**
Potassium [mmol/l]	4.33 ±0.35	4.29 ±0.23	> 0.05**
Calcium [mmol/l]	2.33 ±0.11	2.41 ±0.11	> 0.05**
Phosphorus [mmol/l]	1.13 ±0.14	1.09 ±0.12	> 0.05**
Total cholesterol [mmol/l]	5.33 ±1.16	5.21 ±1.01	> 0.05**
LDL cholesterol [mmol/l]	3.19 ±0.88	3.06 ±0.81	> 0.05**
HDL cholesterol [mmol/l]	1.31 ±0.36	1.30 ±0.29	> 0.05**
Triglyceride [mmol/l]	1.58 ±0.72	1.49 ±0.65	> 0.05**

SBP – systolic blood pressure, DBP – diastolic blood pressure, LDL – low-density lipoprotein, HDL – high-density lipoprotein.

^*Mean ± standard deviation

^**p-value is based on one-way ANOVA test

^***p-value is based on chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test as appropriate.