Changes in Lipids and Lipoprotein Indices in Relation to the Severity of Hypertension in Newly Diagnosed Hypertensive Nigerians

Table 1

The Demographic and clinical characteristics of the two groups.

Baseline variables	Patients	Controls	t values; 𝑑𝑓 = 147	𝑃 values; 𝑃<0.05
Age (yrs)	44.7±9.5	41.4±8.8	1.95	0.06
Height (cm)	167.6±8.4	168.1±7.2	0.34	0.74
Weight (kg)	73.0±14.2	73.5±11.9	0.20	0.84
Body mass index	26.1±5.0	26.0±4.2	0.11	0.91
Abdominal circumference (cm)	88.8±11.4	89.5±10.3	0.35	0.73
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	163.5±25.4	116.9±9.6	11.54	0.00*
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	102.2±9.7	79.8±10.5	12.41	0.00*
Sex (M/F)	(64/43)	(21/21)	χ ^2 = 1.19	0.28

Data presented as mean for each group ± standard deviation.
*Statistically significant.