Table 1 Patient characteristics
ECG data | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Included | Excluded | ||
n=1091 | n=747 | n=344 | P-value | |
Age (years) | 71.5±6.7 | 71.5±6.5 | 71.5±7.2 | 0.85 |
Women (%) | 61.4 | 63.1 | 57.9 | 0.10 |
Body mass index (kg m−2) | 23.5±3.2 | 23.5±3.1 | 23.6±3.5 | 0.77 |
Current smoker (%) | 9.0 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 0.67 |
Current drinker (%) | 21.6 | 23.0 | 18.6 | 0.10 |
Complications | ||||
Diabetes (%) | 14.4 | 13.7 | 16.0 | 0.31 |
Dyslipidemia (%) | 39.6 | 38.3 | 42.4 | 0.19 |
High uric acid (%) | 9.0 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 0.48 |
History of stroke (%) | 5.8 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 0.25 |
History of ischemic heart disease (%) | 6.8 | 0.0 | 21.5 | <.0001 |
Valvular disease (%) | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2.0 | <.0001 |
Arrhythmia (%) | 3.0 | 0.0 | 9.6 | <.0001 |
Morning home | ||||
SBP (mm Hg) | 134.5±14.0 | 134.0±14.1 | 135.5±13.9 | 0.09 |
DBP (mm Hg) | 78.2±9.3 | 78.0±9.4 | 78.6±9.1 | 0.33 |
HR (b.p.m.) | 65.8±8.6 | 65.6±8.8 | 66.3±8.1 | 0.27 |
Evening home | ||||
SBP (mm Hg) | 127.7±13.9 | 127.3±13.8 | 128.5±14.0 | 0.22 |
DBP (mm Hg) | 73.0±8.7 | 72.8±8.7 | 73.3±8.6 | 0.46 |
HR (b.p.m.) | 69.2±8.8 | 69.1±9.0 | 69.5±8.2 | 0.56 |
Office | ||||
SBP (mm Hg) | 137.8±15.1 | 138.0±15.3 | 137.3±14.6 | 0.53 |
DBP (mm Hg) | 77.2±9.2 | 77.4±9.0 | 76.9±9.6 | 0.48 |
HR (b.p.m.) | 70.6±9.6 | 70.7±9.8 | 70.6±9.3 | 0.95 |
Duration of hypertension (months) | 92.0±96.5 | 89.7±95.7 | 96.9±98.2 | 0.46 |
Number of drug (n) | 1.42±0.71 | 1.41±0.70 | 1.44±0.70 | 0.27 |
Antihypertensive treatment (%) | ||||
ARB | 76.1 | 75.0 | 78.5 | 0.21 |
ACE inhibitor | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 0.93 |
Diuretics | 23.0 | 22.5 | 24.1 | 0.55 |
α-Blocker | 8.9 | 9.6 | 7.3 | 0.20 |
β-Blocker | 11.3 | 11.8 | 10.2 | 0.44 |
αβ-Blocker | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 0.72 |
Timing of taking antihypertensive medication (%) | ||||
Morning | 91.6 | 91.7 | 91.3 | 0.82 |
Noon | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.40 |
Evening | 26.5 | 26.8 | 25.9 | 0.75 |
Use of digitalis (%) | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2.0 | <.0001 |
Anti-arrhythmic treatment (%) | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2.0 | <.0001 |
ECG abnormalities | ||||
LVH (%) | — | 15.5 | — | — |
By Sokolow–Lyon voltage | — | 10.8 | — | — |
By Cornell product | — | 5.4 | — | — |
Abnormal T wave (%) | — | 18.9 | — | — |
ST segment depression (%) | — | 5.8 | — | — |
Strain (%) | — | 2.5 | — | — |
