Research Article
Association of Endothelin-Converting Enzyme and Endothelin-1 Gene Polymorphisms with Essential Hypertension in Malay Ethnics
Table 1
Clinical and biochemical parameter of EH patients and control subjects.
| Parameter | Control (%) | Case (%) | |
| No. of samples | 196 | 177 | | Age | 37.17 ± 9.408 | 57.02 ± 9.516 | <0.001 | Gender | | | | Male | 98 (50.0%) | 106 (59.9%) | 0.056 | Female | 98 (50.6%) | 71 (40.0%) | BMI | 23.58 ± 3.82 | 28.77 ± 4.64 | <0.001 | WHR | 0.91 ± 0.14 | 0.899 ± 0.098 | <0.001 | FPG | 5.50 ± 1.38 | 6.55 ± 2.42 | <0.001 | HbA1c | 2.73 ± 2.93 | 6.47 ± 1.87 | <0.001 | SBP | 121.52 ± 10.24 | 156.80 ± 12.13 | <0.001 | DBP | 78.21 ± 7.43 | 94.49 ± 5.8 | <0.001 | Cholesterol | 4.83 ± 0.93 | 5.04 ± 1.10 | 0.049 | LDL | 2.63 ± 0.94 | 2.86 ± 0.88 | 0.20 | HDL | 1.10 ± 0.35 | 1.25 ± 0.74 | 0.015 | TG | 1.46 ± 0.65 | 1.85 ± 0.99 | <0.001 |
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Note: BMI = body mass index; WHR = waist-to-hip ratio; FPG = fasting plasma glucose; HbA1c = hemoglobin A1c; SBP = systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; Chol = cholesterol; LDL = low-density lipid; HDL = high-density lipid; TG = triglyceride.
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