Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics of Enrolled Normal Adults

Variable	Women (N=22)	Men (N=30)	P Value
Age, years	54 ± 8	55 ± 9	0.7477
Height, cm	164 ± 6	178 ± 7	0.0001
Body weight, Kg	75 ± 12	91 ± 12	0.0001
Body mass Index, kg/m2	27.96 ± 5.11	28.69 ± 3.95	0.5783
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	117 ± 14	117 ± 13	0.9471
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	72 ± 13	74 ± 8	0.5544
Pulse pressure, mm Hg	45 ± 18	43 ± 12	0.6300
Serum creatinine, mg/dL	0.84 ± 0.15	1.02 ± 0.12	0.0001
Plasma aldosterone, ng/dL	7.54 ± 5.59	7.17 ± 5.59	0.8460
Plasma atrial natriuretic peptide, pg/mL	21.27 ± 11.46	17.09 ± 7.16	0.1420
Plasma brain natriuretic peptide, pg/mL	30.55 ± 21.21	30.17 ± 35.91	0.9623
Plasma NT-proBNP, pg/mL	95.55 ± 81.54	36.30 ± 22.89	0.0030
Plasma cyclic GMP, pmol/mL	7.56 ± 2.29	8.60 ± 2.79	0.1452

Values are mean ± SD