Roles of Adiponectin and Oxidative Stress in the Regulation of Membrane Microviscosity of Red Blood Cells in Hypertensive Men—An Electron Spin Resonance Study

Table 1

Clinical Characteristics and Laboratory Findings of Hypertensive (HT) and Normotensive (NT) Men.

	NT	HT
Number of subjects	17	26
Age (y.o.)	65±3	63±2
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	24.5±0.6	24.1±0.6
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	124±2	147±1^∗
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	69±2	87±1^∗
Heart rate (beats/min)	75±1	73±1
Erythrocyte counts (10^4 cells/𝜇L	458±11	475±9
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	14.1±0.3	14.1±0.2
Hematocrit (%)	43.1±1.0	43.0±0.6
Leucocyte counts (10^3 cells/𝜇L)	5.5±0.3	5.4±0.2
Platelets (10^4 cells/𝜇L)	20±1	22±1
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	203±7	210±7
High density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)	50±3	53±4
Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)	127±6	126±6
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	137±18	143±15
Serum sodium (mmol/L)	140.7±0.4	140.1±0.3
Serum potassium (mmol/L)	4.1±0.1	4.0±0.1
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)	0.8±0.1	0.9±0.1
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)	120±10	119±9

Values are means ± SEM. ^∗𝑃<.05 between HT and NT.