Research Article

High Order Gene-Gene Interactions in Eight Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of Renin-Angiotensin System Genes for Hypertension Association Study

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population.

VariablesEntire population ()P values
HT ()Non-HT ()

Gender (M/F)197/11698/320.008
Age (years)59.40 ± 11.5953.55 ± 14.56<0.001
BH (cm)161.34 ± 10.53163.52 ± 11.180.092
BW (kg)65.20 ± 10.5964.65 ± 14.080.720
BMI (m2)25.52 ± 9.8926.14 ± 27.020.820
Smoking (%)42%49%0.235
BP(S) (mmHg)154.30 ± 14.33116.64 ± 12.13<0.001
BP(D) (mmHg)93.68 ± 10.1273.34 ± 8.54<0.001
TG (mg/dl)146.53 ± 83.87162.13 ± 96.470.209
CHO (mg/dl)205.77 ± 42.03192.32 ± 49.180.035

BH: body height; BW: body weight; BMI: body mass index; BP(S): systolic blood pressure; BP(D): diastolic blood pressure; TG: triglyceride; CHO: cholesterol.