Associations of Sun Exposure with 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone Levels in a Cohort of Hypertensive Patients: The Graz Endocrine Causes of Hypertension (GECOH) Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the GECOH study.

Variable
Number	111
Age (years)	49.1 ± 15.6
Females (%)	55.0
Summer season (%)	57.7
Body mass index (kg/m²)	28.3 ± 6.0
25-hydroxyvitamin D (ng/mL)	33 ± 17
Parathyroid hormone (pg/mL)	46 ± 17
Serum calcium (mmol/L)	2.34 ± 0.09
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	153 ± 24
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	95 ± 14
Primary aldosteronism (%)	3.6

Continuous data are presented as means ± standard deviation, and categorical data are presented as percentages.