Table 1 Demographic information on Hypertension Patients vs. Healthy Controls.

From: A Targeted Metabolomics MRM-MS Study on Identifying Potential Hypertension Biomarkers in Human Plasma and Evaluating Acupuncture Effects

Baseline

Hypertension (n = 113)

Control (n = 15)

P value

Demographics

 Female (%)

69.23%

80%

/

 Age (years)

59.82 ± 8. 95

56.33 ± 7.73

0.2987

Physical Examination

 24-hour SBP (mm Hg)

145.1 ± 9.28

113.6 ± 9.00

<0.0001**

 24-hour DBPΔ (mm Hg)

88.35 ± 7.92

75.14 ± 5.98

<0.0001**

 BMI (kg/m2)

25.77 ± 3.74

24. 29 ± 0.81

0.1693

 Blood sugar (mmol/L)

5.04 ± 0.30

4.99 ± 0.42

0.752

 Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.82 ± 0.55

4.52 ± 0.41

0.149

 RBC count (×1012/L)

4.48 ± 0.48

4.49 ± 0.57

0.958

 WBC count (×109/L)

5.13 ± 0.93

5.18 ± 1.41

0.917

 ALT (unit/L)

33.40 ± 11.01

30.33 ± 5.39

0.362

 AST (unit/L)

28.40 ± 7.72

26.07 ± 9.36

0.520

 BUN (mmol/L)

5.64 ± 1.60

5.33 ± 1.52

0.650

 sCr (μmol/L)

72.36 ± 10.82

73.00 ± 11.77

0.897

 Serum uric acid (μmol/L)

258.54 ± 81.78

241.03 ± 37.22

0.486

 HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.13 ± 0.25

1.19 ± 0.27

0.557

 LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.89 ± 0.43

2.60 ± 0.41

0.112

  1. : Systolic blood pressure; Δ: Diastolic blood pressure; **P < 0.01 represents significant difference.