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Table 1 Baseline clinical and demographic characteristics

From: Echocardiographic partition values and prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive Nigerians

Parameter

All Subjects

N = 457

Men

N = 235(51.4%)

Women

N = 222(48.6%)

P-value

Age (yrs)

55.8 ± 13.3

56.0 ± 13.0

55.5 ± 13.5

0.672

Weight (kg)

73.1 ± 13.7

71.4 ± 13.5

74.8 ± 13.7

0.009

Height (cm)

164.3 ± 8.3

169.1 ± 6.9

159.3 ± 6.5

<0.0001

Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

27.1 ± 4.8

26.1 ± 4.4

28.1 ± 5.0

<0.0001

Body Surface Area (m2)

1.79 ± 0.18

1.85 ± 0.17

1.74 ± 0.16

<0.0001

Heart Rate (beats/min)

80.4 ± 16.7

80.2 ± 17.3

80.6 ± 16.1

0.774

Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

142.7 ± 20.8

142.8 ± 21.0

142.7 ± 20.7

0.986

Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

88.3 ± 12.9

88.1 ± 12.8

88.5 ± 13.0

0.714

Pulse Pressure (mmHg)

54.3 ± 16.8

54.7 ± 17.8

54.0 ± 15.7

0.648

Mean Arterial Pressure (mmHg)

106.2 ± 14.8

106.3 ± 13.6

106.1 ± 15.9

0.887

%Overweight

27.8%

19.1%

36.9%

<0.0001