Oxidative Stress State Is Associated with Left Ventricular Mechanics Changes, Measured by Speckle Tracking in Essential Hypertensive Patients

Table 1

Anthropometric and demographic variables of both study groups.

Variables	Group I: control; ()	Group II: hypertension; ()
Age (years)	43.3 ± 8.04	43.8 ± 10.2
Women	10 (40)	10 (40)
Weight (kg)	68.9 ± 10.8	79.8 ± 12.4
Height (m)	1.65 ± 0.1	1.64 ± 0.1
Corporal mass index (kg/m^2)	24.8 ± 1.0	29.4 ± 1.8
Systolic pressure (mm Hg)	100 (80–120)^†	130 (90–150)^†
Diastolic pressure (mm Hg)	60 (50–80)^†	70 (60–90)^†
Heart rate (bpm)	67 (56–75)	70 (60–90)

Values represent means ± SD, median (minimum-maximum) or (percent). (Student’s -test), (Mann-Whitney test).