Research Article
Preliminary Experiment on the Effect of 18% Substitute Salt on Home Blood Pressure Variability in Hypertensives
Table 1
Demographic, clinical characteristics, and blood pressure at baseline.
| | Variables | All populations (n = 39) |
| | Age, years (mean ± SD) | 67.1 ± 7.9 | | Male (n, %) | 20 (51.3) | | BMI, kg/m2 (mean ± SD) | 26.6 ± 3.6 | | Age of hypertension, years (mean ± SD) | 11.0 ± 6.3 | | Complicated other diseases (n, %) | 19 (48.7) | | Smoke (n, %) | 4 (10.3) | | Drink (n, %) | 6 (18.2) | | Exercises (n, %) | 4 (10.3) | | Follow-up SBP, mmHg (mean ± SD) | 135.1 ± 16.8 | | Follow-up DBP, mmHg (mean ± SD) | 72.6 ± 8.2 | | Morning SBP, mmHg (mean ± SD) | 136.4 ± 18.7 | | Morning DBP, mmHg (mean ± SD) | 76.3 ± 8.7 | | Evening SBP, mmHg (mean ± SD) | 134.7 ± 18.1 | | Evening DBP, mmHg (mean ± SD) | 74.3 ± 9.7 |
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Ccomplicated other diseases include stroke, coronary heart disease, and diabetes mellitus. |
