Research Article

Preliminary Consequences of Blood Pressure Management and Blood Homocysteine Levels with Perindopril in Newly Diagnosed Hypertensive Patients in the Vietnamese Population

Table 1

General characteristics of the study population.

CharacteristicsMean ± SD or n (%)

Age (year)63.07 ± 9.32
Blood Hcy concentration before treatment (μmol/L)17.88 ± 6.03
Grade 1 hypertension64 (60.9)
Grade 2 hypertension18 (17.1)
Grade 3 hypertension23 (21.9)
Increased blood Hcy concentration78 (74.3)
Male29 (27.6)
Age ≥6072 (68.6)
Diabetes49 (46.7)