Research Article
Evaluation of Mean Platelet Volume in Children with Hypertension
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the cases.
| | Hypertension group (n = 45) | Control group (n = 45) | value |
| Gender | Female, n (%) | 19 (42.2) | 27 (60) | 0.092 | Male, n (%) | 26 (57.8) | 18 (40) | Age (years) | Median (25p–75p) | 15 (13–16) | 13 (11–16) | 0.104& | Weight (kg ± SD) | 84.4 ± 17.5 | 46.8 ± 14.6 | <0.001# | Height (cm ± SD) | 169 ± 10.4 | 156 ± 17.2 | <0.001# | Body mass index (kg/m2 ± SD) | 29.7 ± 6.20 | 18.9 ± 2.82 | <0.001# | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) median (25p–75p) | 150 (140–160) | 100 (97–110) | <0.001& | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) median (25p–75p) | 90 (80–90) | 60 (60–65) | <0.001& |
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Chi-square test, &Mann-Whitney U test, #Student’s t-test. The bold values represent statistically significant values ( ). |