Table 1 Clinical characteristics of hypertensive subjects and normal subjects.

From: Influence of beat-to-beat blood pressure variability on vascular elasticity in hypertensive population

variable

Experimental population

Control population

P

(Mean ± SD, N = 81)

(Mean ± SD, N = 80)

Age (year)

56.7 ± 10.1

49.5 ± 11.5

0.413

Male (%)

42 (51.85%)

44 (55.0%)

0.849

Height (cm)

165.7 ± 7.8

165.9 ± 7.5

0.861

Weight (kg)

69.0 ± 10.8

63.8 ± 11.2

0.422

BMI (kg/m2)

25.0 ± 2.8

23.1 ± 3.2

0.517

Smokers (%)

17 (20.99%)

15(18.75%)

0.730

Alcohol (%)

5(6.17%)

4(5.0%)

0.813

Coffee (%)

3 (3.70%)

3(3.75%)

0.917

  1. SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index.