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Table 4 Clinical characteristics of patients with uncontrolled clinic BP (group II), according to dipping status.

From: Non-dipper treated hypertensive patients do not have increased cardiac structural alterations

 

Dippers (n = 42)

 

Nondippers (n = 30)

P

Age (years)

55.7 ± 10.7

 

56.7 ± 9.3

NS

Gender (M/F)

27/15

 

20/10

NS

Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.4 ± 2.9

 

26.5 ± 2.6

NS

Duration of HT (years)

6.1 ± 5.0

 

6.6 ± 4.9

NS

Current smokers (%)

26.1

 

29.3

NS

Heart rate (b/min)

73.40 ± 12.25

 

71.27 ± 12.04

NS

  

Clinic BP

  

SBP (mmHg)

157.3 ± 14.7

 

158.8 ± 15.3

NS

DBP (mmHg)

95.6 ± 7.6

 

97.1 ± 8.9

NS

  

Ambulatory BP

  

24-h SBP (mmHg)

130.7 ± 10.7

 

131.7 ± 12.3

NS

24-h DBP (mmHg)

79.9 ± 8.7

 

81.5 ± 7.8

NS

Daytime SBP (mmHg)

137.4 ± 11.1

 

134.7 ± 12.3

NS

Daytime DBP (mmHg)

85.4 ± 9.1

 

85.3 ± 7.9

NS

Nighttime SBP (mmHg)

116.4 ± 11.0

 

126.7 ± 12.9

0.01

Nighttime DBP (mmHg)

68.5 ± 8.3

 

75.4 ± 9.2

0.01

Blood glucose (mmol/l)

5.4 ± 0.73

 

5.5 ± 0.81

NS

T serum cholesterol (mmol/l)

5.77 ± 0.71

 

5.92 ± 1.21

NS

LVM (g)

196.8 ± 41.6

 

214.5 ± 61.5

NS

LVMI (g/m2)

109.3 ± 19.8

 

113.5 ± 29.6

NS

LVMI (g/m2.7)

49.1 ± 9.9

 

50.6 ± 13.2

NS

RWT

0.42 ± 0.05

 

0.43 ± 0.05

NS

SF (%)

40.1 ± 7.1

 

39.3 ± 6.7

NS

E/A

1.4 ± 0.4

 

1.3 ± 0.5

NS