Table 2 Clinical characteristics of the study subjects with hypertension

From: Usefulness of the SAGE score to predict elevated values of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in Japanese subjects with hypertension

Parameter

HToccp

HTmulti

HTcomb

Number

1019

817

1836

Age (years)

50 ± 9

62 ± 9*

55 ± 11

Gender (male/female)

963/56

444/373*

1407/429

BMI (kg/m2)

25.5 ± 3.6

24.6 ± 3.6*

25.1 ± 3.6

Smoking (current) (%)

313 (31)

93 (11)*

406 (22.1)

SBP (mm Hg)

140 ± 14

134 ± 14*

137 ± 14

DBP (mm Hg)

87 ± 11

80 ± 10*

84 ± 11

Heart rate (beats/min)

69 ± 10

72 ± 12*

70 ± 11

baPWV (cm/s)

1483 ± 233

1619 ± 309*

1543 ± 275

baPWV ≥1600cm/s (%)

272 (26.7)

383 (46.9)*

655 (35.7)

baPWV ≥1800 cm/s (%)

102 (10.0)

186 (22.8)*

288 (15.7)

TC (mmol/L)

5.5 ± 0.9

5.2 ± 0.9*

5.4 ± 0.9

HDL (mmol/L)

1.6 ± 0.4

1.5 ± 0.4

1.6 ± 0.4

FBS (mmol/L)

5.4 ± 1.1

5.8 ± 1.1*

5.6 ± 1.1

Crnn (μmol/L)

75 ± 13

67 ± 18*

71 ± 16

SAGE score

4.0 ± 2.4

5.9 ± 2.7*

4.8 ± 2.7

Medications

 Receiving medication for hypertension (%)

755 (74.0)

817 (100)*

1572 (85.6)

 Receiving medication for dyslipidemia (%)

195 (19.2)

225 (27.5)*

420 (22.9)

 Receiving medication for diabetes mellitus (%)

131 (12.9)

72 (8.6)*

204 (11.1)

  1. HToccp subjects with hypertension from the occupational cohort; HTmulti subjects with hypertension from the multicenter study cohort, HTcomb subjects with hypertension derived from a composite of the occupational and multicenter study cohorts, BMI body mass index; smoking number of current smokers, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, baPWV brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, baPWV ≥ 1600 cm/s number of subjects with baPWV ≥ 1600 cm/s, baPWV ≥ 1800 cm/s number of subjects with baPWV ≥ 1800 cm/s, SAGE score score based on the office systolic blood pressure, age, glycemia level, and estimated glomerular filtration rate, LDL serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, FBS fasting blood glucose levels, Crnn serum creatinine, medications number and percentage of subjects receiving medication(s)
  2. *P < 0.01 between subjects with hypertension from the occupational cohort and subjects with hypertension from the multicenter study cohort (P values were calculated by an unpaired t test or McNemar’s non-parametric test)
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