Association of Serum Bisphenol A with Hypertension in Thai Population
Table 1
Basic characteristics of the study samples.
Men ()
Women ()
Total ()
value
Age, yra
39.58 (16.95)
41.12 (16.64)
40.37 (16.81)
0.02
BPA, ng/mLa
0.35 (0.02)
0.33 (0.02)
0.34 (0.02)
0.22
SBP, mm Hga
122.81 (16.01)
118.99 (17.46)
120.86 (16.89)
<0.001
DBP, mm Hga
75.70 (10.93)
73.49 (10.23)
74.57 (10.63)
<0.001
Diabetesb
121 (5.01)
143 (6.17)
264 (5.60)
0.13
All HTb
440 (18.62)
422 (17.46)
862 (18.03)
0.51
Unaware HTb
204 (11.62)
152 (6.92)
356 (9.22)
0.001
HT with treatmentb
195 (5.22)
235 (8.82)
430 (7.06)
<0.001
HT without treatmentb
245 (13.39)
187 (8.63)
432 (10.98)
<0.01
Smokingb
416 (39.61)
46 (1.60)
462 (20.18)
<0.001
Alcohol drinkingb
663 (67.96)
267 (25.46)
930 (46.27)
<0.001
BMI, kg/
22.74 (3.99)
24.44 (4.87)
23.61 (4.55)
<0.001
BMI ≥ 25 kg/
331 (24.05)
481 (40.75)
812 (32.59)
<0.001
E2, pg/mLa
36.83 (22.55)
70.08 (97.81)
53.79 (74.20)
<0.001
Mean (SD), bnumber (percentage). BPA: bisphenol A, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, HT: hypertension, BMI: body mass index, and E2: estradiol.