Figure 2.

Box-plot analysis: Differences between normal (control) [n = 110] and hypertensive [n = 40] population. The thick horizontal line within the box marks the median the lower and the upper boundaries of the box indicate the 25^th and 75^th percentiles. The whiskers below and above the box indicate the 2.5^th and the 97.5 percentiles. The single dots indicate outliers, the asterisks extreme values. (a) Systolic and diastolic BP: normals - systolic/diastolic: 119/78 mmHg, hypertensives - systolic/diastolic: 131/86 mmHg (P < 0.01). (b) WLR: normals - 0.225, hypertensives - 0.3185 (P < 0.01). (c) WCSA: normals - 4144.85 mm², hypertensives - 4895 mm² (P < 0.01)