Table 1: Baseline characteristics of the study population.
Parameters (N = 102) |
OHT (N = 48) |
NBP (N = 54) |
P value |
Sex (male), n (%) |
20 (42) |
18 (33) |
0.4 |
Family history of CAD n (%) |
7 (15) |
15 (28) |
0.08 |
Smoking, n (%) |
11 (23) |
21 (39) |
0.07 |
Hyperlipidemia, n (%)* |
18 (38) |
27 (50) |
0.2 |
Age (years ± SD) |
52 ± 8 |
50 ± 10 |
0.06 |
Hemoglobin (gr/dl) |
13.7 ± 1.4 |
12.7 ± 1.5 |
0.7 |
Glucose (mg/dl) |
103 ± 93 |
101 ± 89 |
0.5 |
Creatinine (mg/dL) |
0.9 ± 0.3 |
1.0 ± 0.3 |
0.144 |
Sodium |
139 ± 4 |
139 ± 4 |
0.811 |
Potassium |
4 ± 0.4 |
4 ± 0.5 |
0.758 |
cf-pulse wave velocity (ms-1) |
9.0 ± 1.7 |
7.9 ± 1.8 |
0.002 |
Systolic Blood Pressure |
151 ± 14 |
118 ± 10 |
0.001 |
Diastolic Blood Pressure |
95 ± 11 |
74 ± 9 |
0.001 |
Body mass index |
31 ± 5 |
30 ± 5 |
0.5 |
Total Cholesterol (mg/dl) |
189 ± 43 |
191 ± 46 |
0.4 |
LDL (mg/dl) |
128 ± 27 |
131 ± 30 |
0.6 |
HDL (mg/dl) |
41 ± 3 |
40 ± 3 |
0.8 |
Total Cholesterol (mg/dl) |
189 ± 43 |
191 ± 46 |
0.4 |
Triglyceride (mg/dl) |
175 ± 36 |
179 ± 38 |
0.6 |
Chi-square test was performed for those with asterisk markings (*); OHT: Office Hypertension; NBP: Normal Blood Pressure