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Table 4 Blood pressure and other variables according to AGT genotypes in normotensive and hypertensive subjects. Values are expressed as mean. Values in parentheses represent standard deviation unless stated otherwise.

From: Angiotensinogen M235T gene variants and its association with essential hypertension and plasma renin activity in Malaysian subjects: A case control study

Variables

Hypertensives

Normotensives

 

M/M (n = 33)

M/T (n = 46)

T/T (n = 22)

p*

M/M (n = 59)

M/T (n = 18)

T/T (n = 10)

p*

Age

55.5 (8.9)

55.1 (9.0)

52.7 (9.0)

0.498

48.2 (10.2)

53.7 (9.0)

48.5 (12.4)

0.136

SBP, mmHg

151.5 (16.2)

150.8 (25.9)

147.6 (20.6)

0.795

122.0 (18.0)

129.1 (15.8)

126.9 (17.8)

0.283

Adjusted SBP, mmHg

150.9 (3.7)

149.6 (3.1)

150.8 (4.6)

0.014ψ

122.6 (1.9)

126.5 (3.5)

128.1 (4.5)

0.123ψ

DBP, mmHg

81.7 (14.7)

85.4 (12.3)

85.9 (9.3)

0.352

74.4 (12.0)

73.7 (11.4)

73.0 (4.6)

0.930

Adjusted DBP, mmHg

81.6 (2.2)

85.1 (1.9)

86.7 (2.8)

0.382ψ

74.4 (1.4)

73.0 (2.6)

73.8 (3.4)

0.106ψ

BMI

27.9 (4.7)

30.0 (4.9)

27.6 (6.3)

0.098

25.9 (3.4)

25.7 (3.3)

25.3 (4.9)

0.860

  1. *Significant values were obtained through one-way ANOVA unless stated otherwise.
  2. ψSignificant values were obtained through ANOVA using a general linear model with adjustment for age, sex, race and BMI.
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