Table 1.
Anthropometric characteristics of healthy individuals and patients with HTN.
| Normotensive Individuals (NI) (N = 39) |
Diagnosed Hypertensive (DHTN) (N = 66) |
Not Known to be Hypertensive (NKHTN) (N = 62) |
p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median age (IQR) | 44 (32–90) | 60.5 (50–66) | 56 (47–61) | NI/DHTN = 0.0001 NI/NKHTN = 0.008 |
| Women/men (%) | 69.3/30.7 | 65.5/34.5 | 39/61 | NI/DHTN = 0.743/0.821 NI/NKHTN = 0.0382/0.069 |
| Systolic mmHg, mean (IQR) | 115 (104–119) | 137 (120–154) | 137 (131–145) | NI/DHTN < 0.001 NI/NKHTN < 0.001 |
| Diastolic mmHg, mean (IQR) | 70 (67–79) | 84 (77–93) | 89 (84–95) | NI/DHTN < 0.001 NI/NKHTN < 0.001 |
| Diabetic (%) | 25.4 | 71 | 19.4 | NI/DHTN = 0.001 NI/DHTN = 0.767 |
| Dyslipidaemia (%) | 31.3 | 66.7 | 38.7 | NI/DHTN = 0.008 NI/NKHTN = 0.667 |
| BMI (kg/m2) mean ± SD | 21.5 ± 6.65 | 29.2 ± 5.62 | 30.6 ± 4.22 | NI/DHTN = 0.1525 NI/NKHTN = 0.1318 |
| Number of current smokers (%) | 22.4 | 34.8 | 9.7 | NI/DHTN = 0.413 NI/NKHTN = 0.619 |
| Number of current alcohol consumption (%) | 26.7 | 60.9 | 35.5 | NI/DHTN = 0.017 NI/KNHTN = 0.617 |
| Number of recreational drugs consumption (%) | 6 | 7.3 | --- | NI/DHTN = 0.938 |
| Number of practice exercise (%) | 22.4 | 63.8 | 29 | NI/DHTN = 0.006 NI/NKHTN = 0.716 |