Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics for healthy volunteers and hypertensives

Men

26 (52 %)

21 (53 %)

0.96

Age in years (IQR)

44 (32.0 to 54.8)

58.5 (49.0 to 65.5)

<0.001

Whites

41 (82 %)

28 (70 %)

0.12

Blacks

8 (16 %)

6 (15 %)

0.59

Asians

1 (2 %)

6 (15 %)

0.06

Height (cm)

171.9 ± 11.3

170.2 ± 9.1

0.41

Weight (kg)

75.9 ± 13.8

86.6 ± 15.7

<0.01

Body surface area (m2)

1.9 ± 0.2

2.0 ± 0.2

<0.05

Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.6 ± 3.2

29.8 ± 4.5

<0.0001

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

122.7 ± 10.5

152.0 ± 17.2

<0.0001

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

74.1 ± 9.1

88.1 ± 10.7

<0.0001

eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)

91.2 ± 16.5

81.1 ± 20.8

<0.05

Haematocrit (%)

0.42 ± 0.03

0.42 ± 0.04

0.37

Number of antihypertensives (0/1/2/3/4/5/6)

7/5/13/7/4/3/1