Table 1 General characteristics, UEV and UNEV of 101 European Americans and 91 African Americans

From: Urinary norepinephrine and epinephrine excretion rates are heritable, but not associated with office and ambulatory blood pressure

 

European Americans

African Americans

Ethnicity and gender effects

 

Males

Females

Males

Females

Ethnicity P

Gender P

Ethnicity × Sex P

N, individuals

52

49

55

36

—

—

—

Age, year

18.7±3.9

18.6±2.8

17.5±2.6

17.0±2.6

NS

NS

NS

Height, m

1.76±0.08

1.62±0.07

1.76±0.09

1.64±0.06

NS

<0.001

NS

Weight, kg

75.9±17.9

62.9±17.8

75.5±19.8

74.9±22.5

NS

0.001

0.016

BMI, kg m−2

24.4±4.8

23.7±5.6

24.3±5.3

27.7±7.8

NS

NS

0.025

UEV, μg h−1

0.23±0.23

0.16±0.12

0.29±0.31

0.25±0.23

NS

NS

NS

UNEV, μg h−1

1.86±1.33

1.58±0.71

2.07±1.54

1.96±1.50

NS

NS

NS

  1. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; NS, not significant; UEV, urine epinephrine excretion rate; UNEV, urine norepinephrine excretion rate.
  2. Values are mean±s.d. unless stated otherwise.
  3. Weight, BMI, UEV and UNEV were log-transformed before analysis.
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