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Table 2 Characteristics of participants categorized by body mass index and blood pressure status

From: Interaction between body mass index and serum uric acid in relation to blood pressure in community-dwelling Japanese men

 

Body mass index < 21.0 kg/m2 N = 216

 

Body mass index ≥21.0 kg/m2 N = 601

 

Characteristics

Normotension

Prehypertension

Hypertension

P-value

Normotension

Prehypertension

Hypertension

P-value

N = 817

N = 62

N = 90

N = 64

N = 97

N = 245

N = 259

Age (years)

65 ± 10

69 ± 9

68 ± 8

0.083

63 ± 8

67 ± 9

66 ± 9

0.002

Body mass index (kg/m2)

19.4 ± 1.0

19.6 ± 1.1

19.6 ± 1.1

0.341

23.6 ± 2.1

23.7 ± 2.1

24.5 ± 2.4

< 0.001

Alcohol consumption (%)

40.3/21.0/11.2/27.4

34.4/27.8/10.0/27.8

37.5/10.9/6.3/45.3

0.099

43.3/19.6/10.3/26.8

37.1/27.3/8.6/26.9

42.5/22.8/8.1/26.6

0.731

Smoking status (%)

30.6/37.1/21.0/11.3

26.7/28.9/32.2/12.2

18.8/26.6/21.9/32.8

0.011

22.7/30.9/25.8/20.6

30.6/30.2/22.4/16.7

19.7/24.3/29.3/26.6

0.012

History of CVD, N (%)

3 (4.8)

10 (11.1)

3 (4.7)

0.214

6 (6.2)

28 (11.4)

18 (6.9)

0.130

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

79 (57-97)

79 (63-100)

80 (62-108)

0.266

110 (74-151)

99 (74-144)

100 (72-146)

0.997

HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)

68 ± 17

64 ± 16

70 ± 18

0.110

55 ± 16

57 ± 15

58 ± 14

0.278

LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)

101 ± 27

102 ± 28

108 ± 31

0.327

118 ± 29

114 ± 30

114 ± 33

0.396

Antilipidemic medication, N (%)

0

2 (2.2)

1 (1.6)

0.511

6 (6.2)

17 (6.9)

11 (4.2)

0.413

Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)

95 (89-111)

97 (89-112)

102 (94-120)

0.213

102 (92-116)

103 (91-117)

102 (94-120)

0.141

Antiidiabetic medication, N (%)

4 (6.5)

0

2 (3.1)

0.058

3 (3.1)

18 (7.3)

15 (5.8)

0.322

Serum uric acid (mg/dL)

5.1 ± 1.1

5.4 ± 1.3

5.6 ± 1.2

0.059

6.0 ± 1.1

5.8 ± 1.3

5.6 ± 1.3

0.044

eGFR (ml/min./1.73m2)

81.0 ± 14.8

78.3 ± 12.9

80.9 ± 14.4

0.372

76.8 ± 13.4

76.4 ± 14.5

78.5 ± 15.1

0.252

Aspartate transaminase (IU/L)

19 (15-24)

17 (13-22)

18 (14-24)

0.102

18 (15-24)

20 (15-26)

20 (16-27)

0.084

γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (IU/L)

27 (20-37)

27 (19-38)

35 (21-64)

0.004

29 (21-43)

34 (22-50)

36 (25-65)

< 0.001

  1. Data for triglycerides, fasting plasma glucose, aspartate transaminase, and γ-glutamyl transpeptidase were skewed and were log-transformed for analysis. P-value: Student’s t-test for continuous variables or the χ2 -test for categorical variables. Bolded numbers indicate significance