Hypertension Subtypes among Thai Hypertensives: An Analysis of Telehealth-Assisted Instrument in Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Nationwide Pilot Project
Table 4
Patient characteristics categorized by hypertension subtypes in the treated group.
Characteristic
All (n = 1,040)
Well-controlled HT (n = 312)
HT with white-coat effect (n = 242)
Masked uncontrolled HT (n = 100)
Sustained HT (n = 386)
value
Age (years)
59.0 ± 12.5
58.9 ± 12.5
58.5 ± 12.3
59.3 ± 12.5
59.2 ± 12.6
0.907
Female
618 (59%)
195 (62.5%)
140 (57.9%)
54 (54.0%)
229 (59.3%)
0.441
Diabetes
157 (15.1%)
37 (11.8%)
38 (15.7%)
14 (14.0%)
68 (17.6%)
0.362
Dyslipidemia
558 (53.7%)
169 (54.2%)
131 (54.1%)
52 (52%)
206 (53.4%)
0.854
BMI (kg/m2)
26.6 ± 5.2
26.3 ± 4.5
26.7 ± 4.9
26.7 ± 4.7
26.8 ± 5.9
0.717
Clinic BP
Systolic BP (mmHg)
143.1 ± 18.1
125.7 ± 9.0
150.8 ± 11.3
127.8 ± 9.1
156.3 ± 14.2
<0.001
Diastolic BP (mmHg)
84.1 ± 11.7
76.45 ± 7.6
87.4 ± 9.8
76.7 ± 8.4
90.2 ± 11.7
<0.001
Pulse (beats/min)
79.2 ± 12.2
77.61 ± 10.3
80.6 ± 13.3
77.8 ± 12.0
79.9 ± 12.9
0.012
Home BP
Systolic BP (mmHg)
134.4 ± 14.2
122.9 ± 6.9
125.8 ± 6.3
145.5 ± 8.1
147.1 ± 11.3
<0.001
Diastolic BP (mmHg)
80.4 ± 8.8
74.6 ± 5.6
76.0 ± 5.6
84.9 ± 6.4
86.6 ± 8.3
<0.001
Pulse (beats/min)
74.4 ± 10.1
73.9 ± 8.9
74.1 ± 10.0
75.1 ± 10.9
74.7 ± 10.9
0.599
Laboratory results
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)
198.2 ± 40.2
196.3 ± 36.9
199.1 ± 42.2
196.0 ± 42.1
200.0 ± 41.2
0.678
Triglyceride (mg/dL)
153.8 ± 86.2
148.0 ± 86.4
157.3 ± 86.4
153.5 ± 72.8
156.6 ± 89.1
0.603
HDL (mg/dL)
53.3 ± 14.8
54.0 ± 13.2
53.6 ± 15.3
52.1 ± 12.5
52.9 ± 16.4
0.731
Calculated LDL (mg/dL)
113.9 ± 37.8
112.3 ± 33.9
113.8 ± 41.1
112.0 ± 39.6
115.9 ± 38.5
0.687
Creatinine (mg/dL)
0.94 ± 0.50
0.89 ± 0.28
0.90 ± 0.32
0.92 ± 0.35
1.02 ± 0.71
0.007
GFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2
256 (28.2%)
76 (27.3%)
54 (26.6%)
23 (26.4%)
101 (30.1%)
0.802
Values are number (%) or mean ± SD. The values reflect comparison between 4 subtypes. values <0.05 are in bold. Abbreviations as Table 1.
