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22 August 2021 : Clinical Research  

Association Between Blood Pressure Control and Arterial Stiffness in Middle-Aged and Elderly Chinese Patients with Hypertension

Geyue Qu1ABCDEF*, Zhongying Zhang1AEF, Hong Zhu1BCD

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.931414

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e931414

Table 1 Patient characteristics*.

Variablesblood pressure controlPTotal
Well-controlled BP**Uncontrolled BP**
n169143312
Age, year69.6±12.066.7±13.10.04868.3±12.6
Male, n (%)99 (58.6)98 (68.5)0.069197 (63.1)
Systolic BP, mmHg123.6±9.7148.4±14.50.000135.0±17.3
Diastolic BP, mmHg71.1±6.983.22±9.10.00076.6±10.0
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)77 (45.6)80 (55.9)0.068157 (50.3)
Coronary heart disease, n (%)51 (30.2)44 (30.8)0.91095 (30.4)
Body mass index, Kg/m25.8±3.525.9±3.50.77125.9±3.4
FBG, mmol/L6.0±2. 26.6±2.70.0376.3±2.4
HDL_C, mg/dL46.4±11.642.5±11.60.0801.2±0.3
LDL-C, mg/dL92.8±30.9100.5±30.90.0282.5±0.8
Triglycerides, mg/dL150.6±106.3186.1±159.50.0491.9±1.5
Smoking, n (%)62 (36.7)69 (48.3)0.039131 (42.0)
Drinking, n (%)37 (21.9)48 (33.6)0.02185 (27.2)
Uric acid, umol/L348.2±86.5361.2±88.00.190354.1±87.3
Homocysteine, mmol/L14.6±7.015.3±8.40.41014.9±7.6
eGFR, mL/(min·1.73 m)87.1±17.289.9±17.90.16488.4±17.5
Hemoglobin, g/L135.8±16.1137.2±16.40.469136.5±16.2
Heart rate, bpm68.9±10.268.4±11.10.64268.6±10.7
Antihypertensive agents, n (%)0.009
 ACEI/ARBs42 (29.4)62 (36.7)104 (33.3)
 CCBs31 (21.7)46 (27.2)77 (24.7)
 ACEI/ARBs+CCBs33 (23.1)42 (24.9)75 (24.0)
 Others37 (25.9)19 (11.2)56 (17.9)
FBG – fasting blood-glucose; HDL-C – high density lipid-cholesterol; LDL-C – low density lipid-cholesterol; eGFR – estimated glomerular filtration rate; ACEI/ARBs – angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blockers, CCBs calcium channel blockers.
* Variables are presented as mean (SD) or n (%).
** We defined the following target BP values for antihypertensive therapy:

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