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Table 2 Comparison of basal characteristics of the patients with hypertensive emergency and urgency

From: Hypertensive crisis in children: an experience in a single tertiary care center in Korea

Characteristics

Hypertensive emergency

(N = 31)

Hypertensive urgency

(N = 20)

P value

Age (year)

8.46 ± 5.20

5.56 ± 4.71

0.051

Sex

   

 Male (%)

18 (58.1)

10 (50.0)

0.572

 Female (%)

13 (41.9)

10 (50.0)

Etiology

   

Renal origin (%)

10 (32.3)

5 (25.0)

0.951

 Renal disease (%)

5 (16.1)

3 (15.0)

1.000

 Postrenal disease (%)

2 (6.4)

1 (5.0)

1.000

 Renal artery stenosis (%)

3 (9.8)

1 (5.0)

1.000

Cancer (%)

16 (51.7)

8 (40.0)

0.267

Sepsis (%)

2 (6.4)

2 (10.0)

0.640

Hypoxic brain injury (%)

1 (3.2)

5 (25.0)

0.029

Cardiogenic (%)

2 (6.4)

0 (0.0)

0.514