Multilocus Family-Based Association Analysis of Seven Candidate Polymorphisms with Essential Hypertension in an African-Derived Semi-Isolated Brazilian Population

Table 4

Clinical characteristics of the unrelated quilombo sample.

	Normotensives (𝑛=206)	Hypertensives (𝑛=178)	P value
Gender
Men	98 (47.57)	79 (44.38)	0.540
Women	108 (52.43)	99 (55.62)
Age (years)	32 (24.5–44.7)	55.7 (42.4–67.4)	<0.001
Adjusted SBP (mmHg)^*	115.54±12.29	155.85±21.39	<0.001
Adjusted DBP (mmHg)^*	74.79±7.22	94.84±13.60	<0.001
BMI (Kg/m^2)	23.95±3.89	25.79±4.40	<0.001

^*Adjusted for the antihypertensive use according the proposition by Tobin et al. [11].