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Table 1 Basic cohort characteristic

From: The effects of body weight loss and gain on arterial hypertension control: an observational prospective study

 

Men

Women

No BMI change

BMI decrease

BMI increase

No BMI change

BMI decrease

BMI increase

N

4162 (65.7%)

1489 (23.5%)

685 (10.8%)

4651 (63.8%)

1634 (22.4%)

1010 (13.8%)

Age

58.65 ± 11.85

58.25 ± 11.70

58.53 ± 11.87

63.57 ± 11.57

63.41 ± 11.02

36.36 ± 11.09

BMI

29.73 ± 3.89

30.17 ± 4.32

29.98 ± 4.95

29.11 ± 4.73

30.38 ± 4.71

29.78 ± 5.10

SBP (mmHg)

140.45 ± 15.99

140.51 ± 17.35

140.02 ± 16.57

140.50 ± 16.16

140.98 ± 17.42*

140.35 ± 16.21

SBP at 12 months (mmHg)

132.94 ± 10.48*

131.06 ± 9.72*

134.41 ± 11.58*

131.21 ± 9.70*

130.21 ± 10.48*

132.36 ± 11.49*

DBP (mmHg)

85.21 ± 8.74*

85.02 ± 9.88*

84.75 ± 7.94*

84.89 ± 9.74*

84.93 ± 9.81

83.75 ± 9.79*

DBP at 12 months (mmHg)

80.43 ± 6.81*

80.25 ± 6.9*

82,19 ± 7,0*

79.59 ± 6.8*

78.83 ± 6.7*

80.55 ± 8.0*

Creatinine (μmol/l)

82.63 ± 18.90

81.78 ± 18.42

82.53 ± 18.09

81.78 ± 17.96

82.83 ± 19.37

80.23 ± 17.58

Minimal effective doses of medication

3.89 ± 2.28

4.09 ± 2.35

4.04. ± 2.54

3.36 ± 2.28

3.89 ± 2.26

4.03 ± 2.43

Diabetes mellitus (%)

14.8

15.0

14.9

12.7

12.9

12.4

Controlled hypertension (%)

42.27

38.88

42.62

43.44

42.90

42.62

Smoking (%)

32.40

31.30

31.42

15.39

15.46

15.24

Anamnesis of stroke (%)

6.19

6.28

6.79

5.41

5.25

5.38

Anamnesis of MI (%)

10.88

10.73

10.62

5.50

5.01

5.78

BB (%)

31.83

29.50

29.93

35.10

34.13

32.80

ACEI/sartans (%)

89.83

90.42

89.70

92.03

93.00

91.72

Diuretics (%)

39.86

37.96

40.86

40.78

40.66

41.90

CCB (%)

35.69

37.75

34.10

34.37

33.25

34.21

CAH (%)

10.55

9.56

10.94

12.78

11.83

11.57

  1. Values are displayed as mean ± SD
  2. ACEI Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors; BMI body mass index (kg/m2); BB beta blockers; CAH central antihypertensives; CCB calcium channel blockers; DBP diastolic blood pressure; SBP systolic blood pressure (mmHg); MI anamnesis of myocardial infarction
  3. * Significantly different (p < 0.05) than in other cohorts by weight change using ANOVA with Tukey post hoc test for quantitative variables and Chi-square test for qualitative variables