Table 3.

Comparison of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring parameters among hypertensive obese, nonobese and normotensive obese and nonobese

Hypertensives (n=42)				Normotensives (n=58)
ABPM parameters	Obese (23)	Nonobese (19)	P	Obese (27)	Nonobese (31)	P
Mean office SBP	150.59±21.76	157.22±32.85	0.431##	136.73±24.65	128.56±15.88	0.134##
Mean office DBP	84.63±13.30	85.33±22.75	0.901##	85.34±14.37	84.88±9.84	0.886##
Mean SBP 24 h	146.63±18.79	145.66±21.47	0.876##	129.69±17.27	124.13±11.71	0.152##
Mean DBP 24 h	83.40±10.88	80.05±9.90	0.307##	76.65±12.51	78.20±9.84	0.599##
Mean SBP night	144.86±20.97	141.55±19.13	0.599##	124.65±16.70	116.36±12.81	0.037##
Mean DBP night	81.36±12.61	76.22±8.95	0.143##	72.8±13.16	72.43±9.43	0.901##
Mean SBP day	147.18±18.40	147.27±23.00	0.988##	131.61±18.34	127.13±12.22	0.272##
Mean DBP day	84.50±10.64	81.66±10.45	0.390##	78.15±12.84	80.56±10.34	0.432##
SBP nondipper, n (%)	19 (82)	9 (47)	0.018#	18 (67)	9 (29)	0.004#
DBP nondipper, n (%)	16 (69)	9 (47)	0.153#	12 ( (45)	5 (16)	0.016#
MAP high, n (%)	14 (61)	13 (68)	0.641#	7 (26)	9 (29)	0.800#
PP high, n (%)	11 (49)	10 (53)	0.798#	7 (26)	2 (6)	0.036#

^#P value obtained by Chi-square test, ^##P value obtained by t-test. ABPM=Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, BP=Blood pressure, SBP=Systolic BP, DBP=Diastolic BP, MAP=Mean arterial pressure, PP=Pulse pressure