Table 4 Demographic and clinical characteristic of five groups categorized by systolic blood pressure difference

n

70

52

50

53

71

Age, years

50.5 ± 8.7^a,b

49.4 ± 9.6^a

50.3 ± 9.9^a

51.3 ± 12.9^a,b

55.5 ± 9.1^b

0.005

Sex

 Male (%)

34 (48.6)

26 (50.0)

23 (46.0)

28 (52.8)

23 (32.4)

0.149

 Female (%)

36 (51.4)

26 (50.0)

27 (54.0)

25 (47.2)

48 (67.6)

BMI, kg/m²

26.0 ± 3.6

25.5 ± 3.3

24.9 ± 2.4

24.9 ± 3.7

25.2 ± 3.5

0.349

eGFR, ml/min/1.73 m²

101.4 ± 10.5

100.2 ± 13.1

98.3 ± 13.2

98.7 ± 14.5

97.5 ± 11.4

0.371

Fasting blood glucose, mg/dL

105.0 ± 31.9

105.5 ± 19.9

101.7 ± 14.7

101.6 ± 8.8

103.1 ± 12.1

0.763

LDL, mg/dL

132.7 ± 31.5

129.7 ± 33.9

133.4 ± 39.4

133.5 ± 33.6

134.1 ± 26.6

0.962

HbA1C, %

5.8 ± 0.9

5.8 ± 0.6

5.6 ± 0.6

5.6 ± 0.4

5.7 ± 0.4

0.137

Spot urine ACR

10.8 ± 7.1

9.8 ± 7.5

7.6 ± 5.2

9.3 ± 6.1

8.7 ± 6.5

0.106

Office SBP

138.2 ± 9.2^a

139.0 ± 9.1^a

138.6 ± 7.4^a

141.5 ± 6.9^a,b

144.3 ± 10.3^b

 < 0.001

24-h ambulatory SBP

141.8 ± 12.0^a

136.5 ± 10.1^b

132.2 ± 8.3^b,c

130.8 ± 7.4^c

125.4 ± 10.2^d

 < 0.001

Daytime ambulatory SBP

149.8 ± 11.8^a

141.5 ± 9.3^b

136.1 ± 7.3^c

134.2 ± 6.9^c

127.7 ± 9.6^d

 < 0.001

Nighttime ambulatory SBP

128.9 ± 15.3^a

127.9 ± 13.2^a

124.8 ± 11.5^a,b

123.6 ± 11.3^a,b

118.8 ± 13.3^b

 < 0.001