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Table 3 Clinical characteristics of hypertensive patients included in echocardiographic substudy

From: Negative association of endothelial nitric oxide gene polymorphism with hypertension in Turkish patients: effect of ecNOS polymorphism on left ventricular hypertrophy

Characteristic

ecNOS4a/b polymorphism

 
 

a/a

n = 6

a/b

n = 22

b/b

n = 66

p

Sex, M/F

1/5

8/14

26/40

X2 = 1.22

p = 0.54

Age, y

59(10.06)

62.14(9.21)

58.28 (10.639)

0.30

DM, %

33.3

18.2

15.2

0.51

Smoking, %

16.6

22.7

19.7

0.93

Alcohol, %

0

0

0

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AF, %

33.3

9.1

6.1

0.70

HT age

5.83(2.04)

6.59(3.23)

9.02(7.4)

0.20

HT Tx, %

100

100

100

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  1. DM: diabetes mellitus, AF: atrial fibrillation, HT age: duration of hypertension, HT Tx: treatment for hypertension.
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