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Table 2 Characteristics of Cardiovascular disease group

From: Polymorphisms of the Flavin containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3) gene do not predispose to essential hypertension in Caucasians

 

Hypertensive Mean/SD* (n = 691)

Non-hypertensive Mean/SD* (n = 958)

Age (years)

62.5 +/- 7.9

60.4 +/- 8.7

Weight (KG)

79.1 +/- 19.7

77.5 +/- 18.4

Height (cm)

160.3 +/- 34.9

163.1 +/- 34.3

Gender (males)

66.8%

83.6%

Hypercholesterolemia (%)

68.3%

51.7%

Diabetes mellitus (%)

12.9%

6.8%

Smokers (Current/Ex) (%)

69.9%

76.9%

Aspirin (%)

99.0%

99.2%

Statins (%)

96.3%

98.5%

B-Blockers (%)

95.9%

97.9%

Nitrates (%)

91.7%

95.4%

Calcium channel blockers (%)

92.2%

92.7%

ACE inhibitors (%)

92.2%

91.9%

  1. *Standard deviation