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Table 2 Clinical variables of the 101 hypertensive patients with or without arterial stiffness

From: Low serum adiponectin level is associated with metabolic syndrome and is an independent marker of peripheral arterial stiffness in hypertensive patients

Variables

Low arterial stiffness group (n = 29)

High arterial stiffness group (n = 72)

P value

Age (years)

64.00 ± 8.90

65.24 ± 9.88

0.560

Height (cm)

160.21 ± 6.80

161.70 ± 8.93

0.419

Body weight (kg)

63.59 ± 10.28

72.21 ± 13.23

0.002*

Waist circumference (cm)

86.03 ± 10.36

96.32 ± 10.72

<0.001*

Body mass index (kg/m2)

24.80 ± 3.81

27.48 ± 3.65

0.001*

Left baPWV (m/s)

11.24 ± 2.40

16.82 ± 2.32

<0.001*

Right baPWV (m/s)

11.15 ± 2.48

16.99 ± 2.60

<0.001*

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

123.79 ± 14.84

137.32 ± 15.87

<0.001*

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

70.34 ± 9.08

76.21 ± 10.93

0.012*

Pulse pressure (mmHg)

53.45 ± 13.83

61.11 ± 14.86

0.019*

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

178.93 ± 40.20

172.15 ± 41.17

0.453

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

105.00 (63.50–130.00)

143.00 (101.75–208.50)

0.001*

HDL-C (mg/dL)

50.17 ± 11.71

43.00 ± 13.10

0.012*

LDL-C (mg/dL)

106.62 ± 30.51

100.54 ± 32.00

0.384

Fasting glucose (mg/dL)

99.00 (93.00–123.50)

113.00 (98.00–158.50)

0.066

Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)

16.72 ± 5.94

17.64 ± 5.67

0.471

Creatinine (mg/dL)

1.05 ± 0.33

1.16 ± 0.32

0.132

Glomerular filtration rate (mL/min)

75.76 ± 20.76

66.18 ± 19.11

0.029*

Total calcium (mg/dL)

9.07 ± 0.36

9.16 ± 0.39

0.286

Phosphorus (mg/dL)

3.46 ± 0.51

3.53 ± 0.53

0.531

Calcium-phosphorous product (mg2/dL2)

31.40 ± 5.05

32.37 ± 5.34

0.405

Intact parathyroid hormone (pg/mL)

51.10 (36.15–69.05)

44.40 (29.00–58.60)

0.224

C-reactive protein (mg/dL)

0.16 (0.12–0.20)

0.23 (0.16–0.32)

<0.001*

Insulin (uIU/mL)

9.61 (5.52–18.66)

13.79 (9.10–27.04)

0.027*

HOMA1-IR

2.76 (1.62–4.70)

3.89 (2.59–8.55)

0.026*

HOMA2-IR

1.30 (0.78–2.38)

1.96 (1.27–3.70)

0.020*

Adiponectin (μg/mL)

39.91 (27.06–52.88)

26.89 (21.15–34.41)

<0.001*

  1. Values for continuous variables given as mean ± standard deviation and compared by Student’s t test; variables not normally distributed given as medians and interquartile range and compared by Mann–Whitney U test
  2. baPWV brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, iPTH intact parathyroid hormone, HOMA-IR homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance
  3. * P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant
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