Association of lncRNA PVT1 Gene Polymorphisms with the Risk of Essential Hypertension in Chinese Population

Table 1

General characteristics of the EH case and control population.

Characteristics	The south of China			The north of China			Total
	Control	EH		Control	EH		Control	EH
Gender	294	261		145	263		439	524
Male (%)	173 (46.6%)	157 (60.2%)		75 (51.7%)	130 (49.4%)		248 (56.5%)	287 (54.8%)
Female (%)	121 (53.4%)	104 (39.8%)	0.754	70 (48.3%)	133 (50.6%)	0.658	191 (43.5%)	237 (45.2%)	0.593
Age (years)			0.098			0.844			0.223
BMI (kg/m^2)			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001
SBP (mmHg)			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001
DBP (mmHg)			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001
Smoking history (%)	38 (12.9%)	63 (24.1%)	0.001	20 (13.8%)	80 (30.4%)	< 0.001	58 (13.2%)	143 (27.3%)	< 0.001
FBG, mmoL/L			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001
TG, mmol/L			<0.001			0.412			<0.001
TC, mmol/L			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001
HDL-C, mmol/L			0.741			0.013			0.032
LDL-C, mmol/L			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001

EH: essential hypertension; BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FBG: fasting blood glucose; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.