Genetic Variants of C-5312T REN Increased Renin Levels and Diastolic Blood Pressure Response to Angiotensin Receptor Blockers

Table 1

Baseline characteristic of hypertensive patients.

Variable	TT/CT	CC
Age, years	58.6 ± 9.17	54.5 ± 7.64	0.062
Sex, (%)
Male	15 (41.6)	15 (78.9)	0.008
Female	21 (78.9)	4 (21.1)
Duration of suffering hypertension, months	84.86 ± 42.06	64.80 ± 78.85	0.578
BMI	27 (3.46)	26,2 (4.19)	0.496
Salt diet
Yes	13 (68.4)	20 (55.5)	0.138
No	7 (36.8)	16 (44.4)
Creatinine, mg/dL	1.08 ± 0.27	1.01 ± 0.28	0.40
Urea, mg/dL	26 ± 4.75	30.3 ± 15.1	0.22

Data are means ± SD or medians (interquartile ranges). The differences between baseline characteristic variables for genotypes CC and CT/TT were analyzed by chi-square test as appropriate.