Table 1 Clinical characteristics based on sex

From: Left atrial volume indexed for height2 is a new sensitive marker for subclinical cardiac organ damage in female hypertensive patients

Variable

Population

(n = 441)

Male

(n = 229)

Female

(n = 212)

p

Age (years)

60.2 ± 14.9

59.2 ± 14.7

61.4 ± 15.1

0.122

Height (m)

1.67 ± 0.10

1.74 ± 0.07

1.60 ± 0.07

<0.001

Weight (kg)

77.2 ± 15.8

84.2 ± 13.8

69.7 ± 14.3

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

27.6 ± 4.5

27.9 ± 4.0

27.2 ± 4.9

0.091

Overweight n (%)

303 (68.7)

170 (74.2)

133 (62.7)

0.009

 BMI 25–30 n (%)

189 (42.9)

114 (49.8)

75 (35.4)

0.003

 BMI > 30 n (%)

114 (25.9)

56 (24.5)

58 (27.4)

0.557

BSA (m2)

1.86 ± 0.22

1.98 ± 0.17

1.72 ± 0.17

<0.001

SBP (mmHg)

140.2 ± 17.6

140.8 ± 17.4

139.7 ± 17.9

0.519

DBP (mmHg)

81.9 ± 11.4

83.0 ± 11.3

80.8 ± 11.6

0.051

HR (bpm)

70.2 ± 12.6

70.7 ± 13.2

71.9 ± 11.8

0.341

Wash Out

53 (12.0)

36 (15.7)

17 (8.0)

0.012

Diabetes

45 (10.2)

27 (11.8)

18 (8.5)

0.253

Dyslipidemia

159 (36.1)

92 (40.2)

67 (31.6)

0.061

  1. Significant p results between male and female are reported in bold
  2. BMI body mass index, BSA body surface area, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HR heart rate
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