[Retracted] SOCS3 Gene Polymorphism and Hypertension Susceptibility in Chinese Population: A Two-Center Case-Control Study

Table 1

General characteristics of the hypertension patients and controls.

Characteristics	Guangxi Province			Shandong Province			Combined subjects
	Control	Hypertension		Control	Hypertension		Control	Hypertension
Gender	279	248		290	274		569	522
Male (%)	168 (60.2%)	152 (61.3%)		159 (54.8%)	135 (49.3%)		327 (57.5%)	287 (55.0%)
Female (%)	111 (39.8%)	96 (38.7%)	0.801	131 (45.2%)	139 (50.7%)	0.187	242 (42.5%)	235 (45.0%)	0.408
Age (years)			0.231			0.394			0.146
BMI (kg/m^2)			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001
SBP (mmHg)			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001
DBP (mmHg)			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001
Smoking history (%)	34 (12.2%)	61 (24.6%)	<0.001	46 (15.9%)	77 (28.1%)	<0.001	83 (14.6%)	138 (26.4%)	<0.001
FBG (mmol/L)			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001
TG (mmol/L)			<0.001			0.127			<0.001
TC (mmol/L)			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001
HDL-C (mmol/L)			1			<0.001			<0.001
LDL-C (mmol/L)			<0.001			0.001			<0.001

BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FBG: fasting blood glucose; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.