Associations of Common Variants at APLN and Hypertension in Chinese Subjects with and without Diabetes

Table 1

The characteristics of diabetic patients.

Parameters	Men			Women
	NT (𝑛=653)	HT (𝑛=997)	P	NT (𝑛=457)	HT (𝑛=1049)	𝑃
Age (years)	53.92±12.84	61.62±12.30	<0.001	58.8±12.05	65.24±10.43	<0.001
BMI	23.30±3.37	24.62±3.20	<0.001	23.04±3.34	24.60±3.70	<0.001
Onset age (years)	48.77±11.58	53.30±11.49	<0.001	52.63±11.12	56.02±11.09	<0.001
Diabetes duration; (years)	5.39±5.47	7.37±6.74	<0.001	7.73±6.48	9.15±7.22	0.030
SBP (mm Hg)	119.95±9.67	141.00±16.71	<0.001	120.79±9.82	144.84±17.84	<0.001
DBP (mm Hg)	75.60±6.40	84.99±9.86	<0.001	74.65±6.69	83.11±9.84	<0.001
Total cholesterol; (mmol/L)	4.47±1.00	4.70±1.21	<0.001	4.88±1.06	5.01±1.20	0.097
Triglyceride; (mmol/L)	1.79±2.04	1.98±2.05	<0.001	1.67±1.41	2.02±1.81	<0.001
HDL (mmol/L)	1.08±0.30	1.10±0.33	0.330	1.30±0.40	1.26±0.73	<0.001
LDL (mmol/L)	2.89±0.91	3.00±0.94	0.016	3.06±0.88	3.12±0.96	0.299

Continuous variables were means ± SD. Categorical variables were numbers with percentages. NT: normotensive subjects. HT: hypertensive subjects. BMI: body mass index. SBP: systolic blood pressure. DBP: diastolic blood pressure. HDL: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. LDL: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.