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Table 1 The Clinical Characteristics of Children in Three Groups

From: Ultrasonography to detect cardiovascular damage in children with essential hypertension

variables

Hypertensive (n = 34)

hypertensive + obese (n = 11)

Control (n = 32)

p value

Sex (male/female)

25/9

6/5

17/14

0.202

Age (years)

11.8 ± 2.6

11.5 ± 3.0

10.9 ± 2.5

0.365

Weight (kg)

59.5 ± 17.6

77.0 ± 22.1

43.0 ± 14.1

0.000

Height (cm)

160.2 ± 17.7

156.9 ± 17.2

152.2 ± 18.2

0.192

BMI (kg/m2)

22.4 ± 3.9

30.6 ± 4.9

18.0 ± 2.8

0.000

SBP(mmHg)

144.4 ± 16.3*

144.6 ± 14.0 *

106.5 ± 11.3

0.000

DBP(mmHg)

85.6 ± 14.1 *

94.6 ± 13.8#

65.9 ± 6.0

0.000

PP(mmHg)

58.8 ± 11.9 *

50.0 ± 15.4#

40.9 ± 10.6

0.000

TG(mmol/L)

1.3 ± 0.7

1.6 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.5

0.361

TC(mmol/L)

4.3 ± 1.0

5.0 ± 0.8

4.2 ± 0.7

0.103

HDL(mmol/L)

1.2 ± 0.3

1.2 ± 0.1

1.4 ± 0.3

0.210

LDL(mmol/L)

2.6 ± 0.9

3.4 ± 0.6

2.8 ± 0.4

0.091

drug therapy for hypertension

No drugs

No drugs

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-

  1. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, PP Pulse pressure, TG Triglycerides, TC Total cholesterol, HDL High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. * and # indicates there is statistical difference compared with the healthy group and P < 0.05, respectively