Table 2 Age- and body mass index–adjusted comparisons between normotensive and hypertensive participants ^a

N

117

119

Gender (M/F)

81/36

85/34

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

114.76 ± 8.85

137.67 ± 11.5

< 0.001

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

73.6 ± 6.99

85.25 ± 7.6

< 0.001

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.3 ± 0.03

1.4 ± 0.03

0.02

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.0 ± 1.0

5.4 ± 1.2

0.12

LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

3.5 ± 0.10

3.7 ± 0.10

0.20

HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

0.62 ± 0.03

0.70 ± 0.03

0.08

Glucose (mmol/L)

8.7 ± 0.41

9.9 ± 0.41

0.04

Thiamine (ng/ml)

3.4 ± 0.05

3.1 ± 0.05

0.30

TMP (ng/ml)

2.2 ± 0.04

2.3 ± 0.04

0.51

TDP (ng/ml)

27.7 ± 1.1

21.2 ± 1.1

0.01

Total thiamine (ng/ml)

35.0 ± 1.1

27.4 ± 1.1

0.02

Thiamine (urine) (μg/ml)

835.6 ± 2.0

1,049.6 ± 2.0

0.03

Albumin (serum) (g/L)

46.8 ± 0.73

47.2 ± 0.80

0.75

Albumin (urine) (mg/L)

17.3 ± 1.1

21.0 ± 1.2

0.30

Serum creatinine (mmol/L)

80.7 ± 0.20

80.6 ± 0.20

0.99

Urinary creatinine (mmol/L)

9,748.2 ± 20.0

10,774.4 ± 21.0

0.44

Calcium (mmol/L)

2.5 ± 0.47

2.7 ± 0.50

0.07

Phosphorous (mmol/L)

1.3 ± 0.41

1.5 ± 0.40

0.04