Hemoglobin as a possible biochemical index of hypertension-induced vascular damage

Table 2 Sex-specific simple correlation coefficient of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and other variables

	Men				Women
	Hypertension (−)		Hypertension (+)		Hypertension (−)		Hypertension (+)
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Age	0.11	0.123	−0.16	0.020	0.15	0.003	0.10	0.091
Systolic blood pressure	0.19	0.009	−0.02	0.737	0.07	0.156	−0.02	0.720
Diastolic blood pressure	0.18	0.013	0.08	0.250	−0.06	0.269	0.03	0.589
Body mass index (BMI)	0.03	0.638	0.33	<0.001	0.16	0.001	0.13	0.027
Drinking status	−0.03	0.642	−0.01	0.936	−0.06	0.257	0.05	0.370
Smoking status	0.14	0.059	0.12	0.086	−0.004	0.937	0.06	0.301
Serum HDL cholesterol	−0.12	0.107	−0.08	0.237	−0.14	0.004	−0.08	0.140
Serum LDL cholesterol	−0.07	0.346	−0.09	0.196	−0.07	0.146	−0.10	0.081
Serum triglycerides (TG)	0.04	0.618	0.09	0.187	0.01	0.845	0.04	0.510
Serum aspartate transaminase (AST)	0.01	0.888	0.25	<0.001	0.02	0.647	0.11	0.047
Serum γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (γ-GTP)	0.03	0.705	0.26	<0.001	−0.01	0.834	0.11	0.043
Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)	0.11	0.117	0.05	0.507	0.11	0.031	0.17	0.002
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)	−0.04	0.542	0.09	0.223	−0.09	0.074	−0.01	0.869
Hemoglobin (Hb)	−0.01	0.905	0.28	<0.001	−0.02	0.636	0.17	0.003

Drinking status (never drinker, former drinker, current drinker (<23 g/week, 23–45 g/week, 46–68 g/week, ≥69 g/week)), smoking status (never smoker, former smoker, current smoker)

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