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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants

From: Morning blood pressure surge in the early stage of hypertensive patients impacts three-dimensional left ventricular speckle tracking echocardiography

 

Surge (n = 33)

Non surge (n = 130)

P value

Age (years)

53 ± 13

47 ± 14

0.043

Male (%)

14 (42)

80 (62)

0.074

Abdominal circumference (cm)

92.9 ± 8.6

92.5 ± 9.5

0.860

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

14.4 ± 1.5

14.7 ± 1.6

0.271

Fasting Blood Glucose (mg/dL)

99.8 ± 11.5

104.7 ± 25.4

0.105

BUN (mg/dL)

13.1 ± 3.2

13.7 ± 3.8

0.401

Creatinine (mg/dL)

1.06 ± 1.223

0.81 ± 0.191

0.254

Protein (g/dL)

7.4 ± 0.3

7.3 ± 0.5

0.323

Albumin (g/dL)

4.6 ± 0.3

4.7 ± 0.4

0.068

Sodium (mEq/L)

141.6 ± 1.9

141.6 ± 9.5

0.843

Potassium (mEq/L)

4.2 ± 0.5

4.3 ± 0.4

0.572

AST (U/L)

25.2 ± 13.8

24.6 ± 12.2

0.791

ALT (U/L)

31.8 ± 24.7

32.5 ± 26.5

0.882

Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)

200.7 ± 39.6

201.6 ± 48.1

0.920

Triglyceride (mg/dL)

124.9 ± 63.0

175.8 ± 101.9

< 0.001

HDL (mg/dL)

55.7 ± 13.9

51.0 ± 14.9

0.108

LDL (mg/dL)

136.0 ± 39.4

134.1 ± 41.0

0.814

Uric acid (mg/dL)

5.7 ± 1.3

5.6 ± 1.6

0.936

  1. Data are mean ± SD or percentage as marked
  2. BUN blood urea nitrogen, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein
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