Table 1.

Characteristics of hypertensive (cases) and non-hypertensive (controls) participants

Parameters	Non-hypertensive (n: 257)	Hypertensive (n: 224)
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Age (years)	48.8 ± 8.6	50.2 ± 7.8
Sex, males; n (%)	145 (56.42%)	143 (63.83%)
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.81 ± 0.09	0.83 ± 0.14
Body mass index (kg/m2)	23.8 ± 2.9	30.4 ± 5.8*
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	124.8 ± 6.2	132.8 ± 8.4*
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	80.2 ± 2.8	86.2 ± 3.6*
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dl)	77.8 ± 6.6	86.4 ± 12.2*
Triglyceride (mg/dl)	134.6 ± 14.2	144.8 ± 16.8*
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	188.6 ± 8.4	190.2 ± 9.6
LDL-C (mg/dl)	112.44 ± 11.68	114.66 ± 13.72
HDL-C (mg/dl)	46.2 ± 3.4	45.6 ± 3.5

* p < 0.0001