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Table 2 Anthropometric and metabolic characteristics categorized by hypertension and sex

From: Association between serum alanine and aspartate aminotransferase and blood pressure: a cross-sectional study of Chinese freshmen

Characteristic

Total (n = 3114)

t/χ2

P

Males (n = 1264)

t/χ2

P

Females (n = 1850)

t/χ2

P

Normotension (n = 2852)

Hypertension (n = 262)

Normotension (n = 1061)

Hypertension (n = 203)

Normotension (n = 1791)

Hypertension (n = 59)

Age (year)

18.52 ± 1.01

18.42 ± 1.03

1.594

0.111

18.58 ± 1.01

18.51 ± 1.02

0.935

0.350

18.49 ± 1.01

18.12 ± 1.04

2.786

0.005

BMI (kg/m2)

22.09 ± 3.27

25.04 ± 4.90

 − 9.575

0.000

22.68 ± 3.61

25.37 ± 4.91

 − 7.444

0.000

21.73 ± 2.99

23.91 ± 4.75

 − 3.492

0.001

GLU (mmol/L)

4.57 ± 0.40

4.55 ± 0.42

0.563

0.573

4.51 ± 0.38

4.54 ± 0.41

 − 0.867

0.386

4.6 ± 0.41

4.62 ± 0.45

 − 0.22

0.826

TC (mmol/L)

4.04 ± 0.67

4.17 ± 0.82

 − 2.374

0.018

3.97 ± 0.71

4.2 ± 0.86

 − 4.045

0.000

4.08 ± 0.63

4.05 ± 0.65

0.437

0.662

TG (mmol/L)

0.82 ± 0.38

0.98 ± 0.55

 − 4.731

0.000

0.84 ± 0.45

1 ± 0.56

 − 3.717

0.000

0.81 ± 0.34

0.93 ± 0.49

 − 1.915

0.060

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.43 ± 0.27`

1.27 ± 0.24

9.897

0.000

1.33 ± 0.25

1.24 ± 0.21

5.273

0.000

1.49 ± 0.27

1.39 ± 0.32

2.865

0.004

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.07 ± 0.54

2.30 ± 0.72

 − 5.000

0.000

2.11 ± 0.6

2.35 ± 0.75

 − 5.017

0.000

2.05 ± 0.5

2.11 ± 0.55

 − 0.979

0.328

ALT (U/L)

15.63 ± 14.89

27.96 ± 28.51

 − 6.917

0.000

20.96 ± 19.64

31.10 ± 30.18

 − 4.606

0.000

12.47 ± 9.90

17.15 ± 18.20

 − 1.967

0.054

AST (U/L)

21.06 ± 7.99

25.74 ± 19.71

 − 3.822

0.000

22.92 ± 9.26

26.86 ± 21.75

 − 2.539

0.012

19.95 ± 5.60

21.90 ± 9.07

 − 1.635

0.107

Prevalence of elevated ALT (%)

156 (5.5)

55 (21.0)

91.530

0.000

105 (9.9)

49 (24.1)

32.302

0.000

51 (2.8)

6 (10.2)

7.949

0.005

Prevalence of elevated AST (%)

54 (1.9)

17 (6.5)

22.741

0.000

37 (3.5)

15 (7.4)

6.577

0.010

17 (0.9)

2 (3.4)

1.377

0.241

Prevalence of obesity (%)

299 (10.5)

81 (30.9)

93.501

0.000

137 (12.9)

67 (33.0)

50.827

0.000

162 (9.0)

14 (23.7)

14.306

0.000

Current smoking status (%)

65 (2.3)

11 (4.2)

3.713

0.054

57 (5.4)

11 (5.4)

0.001

0.979

8 (0.4)

0 (0)

 − 

0.771

Current drinking status (%)

373 (13.1)

55 (21.0)

12.676

0.000

277 (26.1)

52 (25.6)

0.021

0.884

96 (5.4)

3 (5.1)

0.001

0.999

  1. BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; GLU, glucose; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase