Table 1 Baseline characteristics of morning-dose group and evening-dose group

From: Comparison of effects of angiotensin II receptor blocker on morning home blood pressure and cardiorenal protection between morning administration and evening administration in hypertensive patients: the COMPATIBLE study

 

Morning-dose group

Evening-dose group

P-value

Male

57

49

 

Female

38

44

0.194a

Age (years)

62.1±13.6 (n=95)

60.8±9.4 (n=93)

0.451b

Height (cm)

161.1±10.6 (n=94)

161.6±10.4 (n=93)

0.795b

Weight (kg)

63.7±13.7 (n=95)

63.8±14.4 (n=93)

0.951b

Abdominal circumference (cm)

84.6±9.0 (n=94)

83.9±10.7 (n=89)

0.611b

BMI (kg m−2)

24.4±3.6 (n=94)

24.3±3.9 (n=93)

0.834b

LDL-cholesterol (mg dl−1)

127.8±28.6 (n=90)

124.8±35.3 (n=90)

0.520b

HDL-cholesterol (mg dl−1)

63.0±16.6 (n=94)

62.1±14.6 (n=93)

0.694b

Triglycerides (mg dl−1)

156.4±107.9 (n=95)

136.0±86.3 (n=93)

0.156b

Creatinine (mg dl−1)

0.79±0.55 (n=95)

0.71±0.17 (n=93)

0.204b

Na (mequiv. l−1)

141.5±2.0 (n=94)

141.2±2.0 (n=92)

0.366b

K (mequiv. l−1)

4.3±0.7 (n=94)

4.2±0.5 (n=93)

0.379b

Cl (mequiv. l−1)

103.4±2.3 (n=93)

103.4±2.6 (n=93)

0.953b

Fasting plasma glucose (mg dl−1)

107.2±23.7 (n=92)

108.9±42.3 (n=92)

0.733b

HbA1c (%)

5.3±0.6 (n=93)

5.5±1.1 (n=90)

0.196b

Administration of diabetic medicines

9.5% (n=95)

8.6% (n=93)

0.519a

Percentage of CKD

6.3% (n=95)

6.5% (n=93)

0.602a

  1. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CKD, chronic kidney disease; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.
  2. aFisher’s exact method.
  3. bnon-paired t-test.