Sympathovagal Imbalance in Prehypertensive Offspring of Two Parents versus One Parent Hypertensive

Table 1

Age, anthropometric, and basal cardiovascular parameters of subjects of various groups.

Parameters	Normotensive offspring		Prehypertensive offspring		P values
	Group I	Group II	Group III	Group IV
	(𝑛=45)	(𝑛=68)	(𝑛=32)	(𝑛=20)
Age (Years)	20.10±2.80	19.85±2.42	20.05±2.30	19.70±2.21	0.9132
Body weight (Kg)	58.76±5.42	58.45±6.46	62.40±5.84^∗,^#	59.10±6.20	0.0199
BMI(Kg/m^2)	22.70±3.60	22.52±3.45	25.16±4.10^∗,^##	24.10±3.40	0.0040
WC (cm)	82.90±6.32	82.28±7.45	86.07±5.56^#	85.54±5.40	0.0264
WHR	0.840±0.08	0.835±0.09	0.892±0.08^∗,^##	0.865±0.07	0.0104
BHR (per min)	70.86±8.70	70.05±8.20	77.50±9.10^∗∗,^###	76.20±8.50^#	<0.0001
SBP (mmHg)	110.50±7.10	108.65±8.40	128.16±6.20^∗∗∗,^###	127.30±6.84^∗∗,^###	<0.0001
DBP (mmHg)	72.60±5.90	72.48±6.18	85.96±4.50^∗∗∗,^###	85.25±4.68^∗∗∗,^###	<0.0001

Data presented are mean ± SD; Group I: normotensive offspring of both parents hypertensive; Group II: normotensive offspring of one parent hypertensive; Group III: prehypertensive offspring of both parents hypertensive; Group IV: prehypertensive offspring of one parent hypertensive; the ∗mark indicates comparison with group I, and the #mark indicates comparison with Group II. ^∗𝑃<0.05; ^∗∗𝑃<0.01; ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001; ^#𝑃<0.05; ^##𝑃<0.01; ^###𝑃<0.001.