Detection of Secondary Causes and Coexisting Diseases in Hypertensive Patients: OSA and PA Are the Common Causes Associated with Hypertension

Table 4

Detection of coexisting conditions of hypertension in 3003 patients stratified via gender, age, and BMI.

group	Anxiety	Diabetes	Obesity
	Gender
Male	35 (2.2)	334 (20.9)	626 (39.2)
Female	105 (7.5)	277 (19.7)	431 (30.7)
	<0.001	0.41	<0.001
Age group
Age < 45	40 (4.3)	99 (10.7)	366 (39.6)
45 ≤ age < 65	67 (4.5)	345	532 (35.9)
Age ≥ 65	33 (5.5)	167	159
	0.52	<0.001	<0.001
Obese status
BMI < 24	57(8.6)	102 (15.4)	—
24 ≤ BMI < 28	56(4.5)^♀	236 (19.0)	—
BMI ≥ 28	27 (2.5)^&♮	273 (24.9)^&♮	—
	<0.001	<0.001

: age < 45 versus age ≥ 65 group; ^&: BMI < 24 versus BMI ≥ 28 group; ^#: 45 ≤ age < 65 versus age ≥ 65 group; ^♮: 24 ≤ BMI < 28 versus BMI ≥ 28 group; : age < 45 versus 45 ≤ age < 65 group; ^♀: BMI < 24 versus 24 ≤ BMI < 28 group.