Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of age and metabolic risk factors in the following 4 groups: (1) Non-central obese subjects with normal blood pressure (NO_NBP; n = 105), (2) Non-central obese subjects with hypertension (NO_HBP; n = 102), (3) Central obese subjects with normal blood pressure (O_NBP; n = 74), and (4) Central obese subjects with hypertension (O_HBP; n = 106).

	Group 1 (NO_NBP) N = 105	Group 2 (NO_HBP) N = 102	Group 3 (O_NBP) N = 74	Group 4 (O_HBP) N = 106
Age (Years)	50 ± 5	64 ± 10	50 ± 6	63 ± 10
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	68.6 ± 6.3	79.8 ± 11.2	71.8 ± 7.2	81.5 ± 11.6
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	111.5 ± 9.7	161.3 ± 14.2	115.5 ± 8.2	158.4 ± 14.8
Waist circumference (cm)	72.6 ± 4.2	73.3 ± 4.6	85.9 ± 4.8	87.1 ± 5.6
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	4.8 ± 0.3	4.9 ± 0.3	4.8 ± 0.3	4.9 ± 0.3
Blood triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.0 ± 0.3	0.9 ± 0.3	1.0 ± 0.3	1.0 ± 0.2
Blood high density lipoprotein-C (mmol/L)	1.7 ± 0.3	1.7 ± 0.3	1.7 ± 0.2	1.6 ± 0.3

The data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation.