Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Hypertension: the Effect of Metabolic Syndrome and Antihypertensive Treatment

Table 1

Baseline patient characteristics (the entire study population).

	All []	MetS [+],	MetS [-],
Age [years]				0.054
Males	80 (68)	55 (79)	25 (52)	0.002
HR [bpm]				0.382
OSBP [mmHg]				0.284
ODBP [mmHg]				0.500
MetS (IDF)	70 (59)	70 (100)	0 (0)	—
Creatinine [mg/dL]				0.342
eGFR [mL/min/1.73m^2]				0.683
Glucose [mg/dL]				<0.001
Total cholesterol [mg/dL]				0.828
HDL [mg/dL]				<0.001
LDL [mg/dL]				0.294
TG [mg/dL]				<0.001
BMI [kg/m^2]				<0.001
Smokers	23 (19)	10 (21)	13 (19)	0.761
Statin	3 (2.5)	3 (4)	0 (0)	0.146

Data presented as (%). BM: body mass index; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; HR: heart rate; IDF: International Diabetes Foundation criteria; MetS: metabolic syndrome; ODBP: office diastolic blood pressure; OSBP: office systolic blood pressure; TG: triglycerides.