Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of patients

	Group N (n=15) Normotensive	Group H (n=15) Hypertensivesif	p
Age (year) (Mean±SD)	55.46±13.21	59.60±9.88	0.340
Gender (F/M)	3/12	5/10	0.682
Body mass index (Mean±SD)	24.98±2.62*	31.80±5.18	0.000
Ejection fraction (%)(Mean±SD)	50.53±7.41	53±6.51	0.341
Euroscore	3.53±2.16	4.53±1.30	0.116
Diabetes mellitus (%)	46.7 (n=7)	53.3 (n=8)	0.715
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (%)	0 (n=0)	20 (n=3)	0.224
Goitre (%)	6.7 (n=1)	6.7 (n=1)	1

^*p<0.001: When the two groups were compared.

SD: standard deviation