Table 1 Sex-specific characteristics of the study population by hypertension status

No. of cases

194

198

402

314

Age

69.4 ± 9.4

69.9 ± 9.1

0.612

67.3 ± 9.7

72.9 ± 8.9

<0.001

Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), pg/mL

279.7 ± 126.8

284.6 ± 150.9

0.730

239.6 ± 88.7

256.1 ± 119.8

0.035

Hemoglobin (Hb), g/dL

14.5 ± 1.3

14.7 ± 1.2

0.025

12.9 ± 1.1

13.2 ± 1.2

0.003

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

123 ± 10

151 ± 13

<0.001

124 ± 10

153 ± 14

<0.001

Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg

76 ± 9

91 ± 10

<0.001

74 ± 9

86 ± 11

<0.001

Body mass index (BMI), kg/m²

22.7 ± 2.7

23.7 ± 3.1

<0.001

22.3 ± 3.5

23.1 ± 3.3

0.004

Curent drinker, %

53.1

63.6

0.034

17.7

14.0

0.188

Curent smoker, %

16.5

18.2

0.660

3.7

1.6

0.085

Serum HDL cholesterol, mg/dL

56 ± 15

57 ± 14

0.588

63 ± 14

61 ± 14

0.049

Serum LDL cholesterol, mg/dL

109 ± 28

111 ± 29

0.517

120 ± 28

124 ± 29

0.052

Serum triglyceride (TG), mg/dL

108 ± 72

122 ± 111

0.144

99 ± 53

114 ± 62

<0.001

Serum aspartate transaminase (AST), IU/L

25 ± 9

26 ± 11

0.096

22 ± 6

23 ± 7

0.127

Serum γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (γ-GTP), IU/L

34 ± 28

51 ± 79

0.004

23 ± 19

21 ± 14

0.073

Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), %

5.6 ± 0.5

5.8 ± 0.9

0.109

5.6 ± 0.4

5.7 ± 0.5

0.137

Glomerular filtration rate (GFR), mL/min/1.73 m²

69.1 ± 15.2

69.4 ± 13.8

0.847

68.8 ± 14.1

66.5 ± 13.6

0.026