Hypertension Subtypes among Thai Hypertensives: An Analysis of Telehealth-Assisted Instrument in Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Nationwide Pilot Project
Table 3
Patient characteristics categorized by hypertension subtypes in the nonmedicated group.
Characteristic
All (n = 144)
Normotension (n = 14)
White-coat HT (n = 37)
Masked HT (n = 10)
Sustained HT (n = 83)
value
Age (years)
53.8 ± 12.1
51.3 ± 11.4
53.3 ± 10.5
54.2 ± 12.6
53.5 ± 13.1
0.262
Female
77 (53.5%)
7 (50%)
22 (59.5%)
6 (60.0%)
42 (50.6%)
0.623
Diabetes
1 (0.7%)
—
1 (2.7%)
—
—
—
Dyslipidemia
52 (36.1%)
4 (28.6%)
12 (32.4%)
5 (50%)
25 (30.1%)
0.351
BMI (kg/m2)
25.4 ± 4.4
25.1 ± 4.2
25.3 ± 5.4
25.3 ± 3.2
25.7 ± 4.0
0.911
Clinic BP
Systolic BP (mmHg)
143.2 ± 16.8
122.4 ± 7.6
148.4 ± 8.0
129.4 ± 7.9
154.3 ± 12.4
<0.001
Diastolic BP (mmHg)
89.7 ± 11.1
74.8 ± 7.2
90.1 ± 6.8
79.5 ± 6.3
97.1 ± 9.3
<0.001
Pulse (beats/min)
79.2 ± 11.8
76.1 ± 8.5
78.8 ± 10.0
78.7 ± 5.4
80.9 ± 11.2
0.531
Home BP
Systolic BP (mmHg)
133.0 ± 12.0
120.2 ± 8.1
127.3 ± 5.5
146.6 ± 6.4
142.0 ± 8.7
0.435
Diastolic BP (mmHg)
82.6 ± 8.7
72.4 ± 6.6
77.9 ± 4.6
84.4 ± 5.3
89.3 ± 6.3
<0.001
Pulse (beats/min)
75.9 ± 8.7
74.1 ± 8.7
76.0 ± 7.7
77.7 ± 7.4
77.0 ± 9.1
0.334
Laboratory results
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)
210.4 ± 50.0
221.6 ± 68.1
211.4 ± 27.8
212.7 ± 58.0
202.0 ± 42.1
0.713
Triglyceride (mg/dL)
134.0 ± 74.9
132.0 ± 73.0
103.3 ± 40.5
145.6 ± 65.0
134.9 ± 88.3
0.382
HDL (mg/dL)
54.8 ± 13.7
53.4 ± 11.3
59. 5 ± 10.0
51.1 ± 8.7
56.7 ± 16.4
0.351
Calculated LDL (mg/dL)
129.1 ± 44.4
132.4 ± 48.2
125.2 ± 27.3
132.5 ± 49.1
121.2 ± 34.0
0.366
Creatinine (mg/dL)
0.97 ± 1.04
0.76 ± 0.41
0.78 ± 0.13
0.80 ± 0.34
0.87 ± 0.23
0.492
GFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2
12 (15.8%)
1 (7.1%)
2 (11.1%)
1 (16.7%)
11 (13.3%)
0.307
Values are number (%) or mean ± SD. The P values reflect comparison between 4 subtypes. values <0.05 are in bold.
