Table 1.
Demographic and clinical description of study cohort of patients with essential hypertension (HE) obtained during the first evaluation (T0). Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD). (BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HR: heart rate).
| Characteristics | Melatonin T0 (n = 16) |
Control T0 (n = 7) |
Intergroup ANOVA (p) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age at the time of recruitment—T0 (years) |
53 ± 9 | 48 ± 6 | 0.089 |
| Sex | F: 10 (63%) M: 6 (37%) |
F: 3 (42%) M: 4 (77%) |
0.0650 |
| BMI (Kg/m2) | 26 ± 4 | 25 ± 3 | 0.452 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 133 ± 10 | 128 ± 5 | 0.278 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 83 ± 7 | 84 ± 8 | 0.820 |
| HR (bpm) | 67 ± 12 | 71 ± 7 | 0.680 |