Table 4. Cardiovascular risk factors among the study population as a whole and by blood pressure control status.

		Whole group	Controlled HT	Uncontrolled HT
Variable	n	(n = 298)	(n = 67)	(n = 231)	p-value
Age, %	298	86	87	86	0.989
Smoking, %	298	3	2	3	0.348
Alcohol, %	298	17	18	17	0.462
Overweight, %	298	35	31	36	0.228
Obesity, %	298	17	16	22	0.228
Central obesity, %	298	66	66	66	1.000
Diabetes, %	298	37	22	42	0.003
Hypercholesterolaemia, %	259	17	61	51	0.229
Low HDL-C, %	259	16	13	24	0.034
Hypertriglyceridaemia, %	259	18	18	15	0.700
Hyperuricaemia, %	259	33	33	36	0.210
Dipstick proteinuria, %	227	16	18	12	0.396
Renal failure, %	255	30	12	21	0.103
ECG-LVH, %	164	21	16	14	0.843
MetS, %	298	10	8	15	0.105
Global CV risk, %	298
Low		31	69	19	0.0001
Moderate		39	18	45	0.0006
High/very high		30	13	38	0.03

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) or relative frequency (%).

HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; ECG-LVH, electrocardiographically determined left ventricular hypertrophy; MetS, metabolic syndrome; CV, cardiovascular risk.