Table 4 Lifestyle characteristics and parental history of CVD and HTN for the study’s population.
From: Elevated asprosin in hypertension: evidence from an exploratory case-control study
Variable | Controls | Cases | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | ||
Physical activity level n (%) | 0.269 | ||||||
Low | 10 (18.2) | 6 (23.1) | 4 (13.8) | 17 (30.9) | 14 (45.2)*** | 3 (12.5)*** | |
Moderate | 26 (47.3) | 14 (53.8) | 12 (41.4) | 20 (36.4) | 14 (45.2)*** | 6 (25.0)*** | |
High | 19 (34.5) | 6 (23.1) | 13 (44.8) | 18 (32.7) | 3 (9.6)*** | 15(62.5)*** | |
Stress level n (%) | 0.013 | ||||||
Low | 15 (27.3) | 10 (38.5)# | 5 (17.3) | 10 (18.2) | 5 (16.1)# | 5 (20.8) | |
Moderate | 37 (67.2) | 16 (61.5)# | 21 (72.4) | 31 (56.4) | 20 (64.5)# | 11 (45.8) | |
High | 3 (5.5) | 0 (0.0)# | 3 (10.3) | 14 (25.4) | 6 (19.4)# | 8 (33.4) | |
Smoking status n (%) | 0.34 | ||||||
Non-smoker | 37 (67.3) | 11 (42.3)** | 26 (89.7)** | 34 (61.8) | 11 (35.5)*** | 23 (95.8)*** | |
Smoker | 16 (29.1) | 13 (50.0)** | 3 (10.3)** | 15 (27.3) | 15 (48.4)*** | 0 (0.0)*** | |
Past-smoker | 2 (3.6) | 2 (7.7)** | 0 (0.0)** | 6 (10.9) | 5 (16.1)*** | 1 (4.2)*** | |
Fathers have HTN n (%) | 13 (23.6) | 6 (23.1) | 7 (24.1) | 19 (34.5) | 11 (35.5) | 8 (33.3) | 0.208 |
Fathers have CVDs n (%) | 14 (25.5) | 4 (15.4) | 10 (34.5) | 17 (30.9) | 10 (32.3) | 7 (29.2) | 0.525 |
Mothers have HTN n (%) | 23 (41.8) | 9 (34.6) | 14 (48.3)## | 36 (65.5) | 16 (51.6)* | 20 (83.3)##* | 0.013 |
Mothers have CVDs n (%) | 14 (25.5) | 2 (7.7)** | 12 (41.4)** | 14 (25.5) | 7 (22.6) | 7 (29.2) | 1.00 |
