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Prevalence of the clinical characteristics and the comorbidities in hypertensives and normotensives |
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| Normotensives n.67 |
Hypertensives n.127 |
p < |
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| Family history for early CV events (%) |
0.0 |
8.6 |
0.04 |
| Family history for not early CV events (%) |
36.8 |
52.4 |
n.s. |
| Family history for diabetes mellitus (%) |
13.2 |
15.2 |
n.s. |
| Diabetes mellitus (%) |
3.0 |
5.5 |
n.s. |
| Retinopathy (%) |
23.3 |
68.4 |
0.001 |
| LVH (%) |
13.9 |
28.7 |
0.04 |
| Carotid Atherosclerosis (%) |
20.6 |
51.3 |
0.001 |
| Normal weight (%) |
21.6 |
10.2 |
n.s. |
| Overweight (%) |
46.0 |
43.9 |
n.s. |
| Obesity (%) |
32.4 |
45.9 |
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| Central obesity (%) |
71.4 |
80.0 |
n.s. |
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