Association between Polymorphisms of Alpha-Adducin Gene and Essential Hypertension in Chinese Population

Table 1

Baseline characters of the investigated participants.

Variables	Hypertensive	Control	𝑃 value
Number	905	905	N/A
Sex (male) (%)	43.3	43.3	N/A
Age (y)	56.91 ± 7.37	56.60 ± 7.51	𝑃=0.38
TG (mM)	2.02 ± 1.68	1.63 ± 1.12	𝑃<0.01
HDL (mM)	1.41 ± 0.35	1.41 ± 0.32	𝑃=0.72
TC (mM)	5.34 ± 1.00	5.17 ± 0.93	𝑃<0.01
BMI (Kg/m^2)	24.65 ± 3.24	23.21 ± 2.86	𝑃<0.01
Regular smoking	173	147	𝑃=0.11
Regular alcohol drinking	152	148	𝑃=0.80

TG: triglyceride; HDL: high density lipoprotein; TC: total cholesterol; BMI: body mass index.