Research Article
The Effect of Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 on the Arterial Reactivity of Hypertensive Patients during Cold Pressor Test
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the study population.
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Values are means ± S.D. or numbers (%). Group A: patients with arterial hypertension, Group B: patients with arterial hypertension and metabolic syndrome, Group C: patients with arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus type 2, HDL: high density lipoprotein, LDL: low density lipoprotein, HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, HR: heart rate, and PWVc-f: carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity. ANOVA: analysis of variance. |