Serum apelin is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy in untreated hypertension patients

Table 1 The clinical and biochemical characteristic of all enrolled patients

Variables	LVH+ (139)	LVH− (288)	P value
Age (years)	54.4 ± 6.3	54.5 ± 9.1	0.861
Male (n, %)	85 (61.2 %)	171 (59.4 %)	0.404
Smoker (n, %)	42 (42.9 %)	70 (31.7 %)	0.001
BMI (kg/m²)	24.7 ± 2.5	24.3 ± 1.6	0.036
SBP(mmHg)	161.1 ± 12.4	152.2 ± 9.3	<0.001
DBP (mmHg)	84.2 ± 5.8	85.1 ± 5.7	0.111
TG (mmol/L)	1.7 ± 0.7	1.8 ± 0.6	0.069
TC (mmol/L)	5.0 ± 0.9	5.1 ± 0.9	0.394
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.9 ± 0.7	1.8 ± 0.6	0.161
LDL-C(mmol/L)	3.0 ± 0.9	2.9 ± 1.0	0.401
sCr (mmol/L)	107.1 ± 31.3	105.3 ± 31.2	0.677
hs-CRP(mmol/L)	2.3 ± 0.8	1.7 ± 0.7	<0.001
Serum apelin (ng/mL)	1.7 ± .0.7	2.4 ± 0.7	<0.001

BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, TG total triglyceride, TC total cholesterol, HDL high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, SCR serum creatinine, Hs-CRP high sensitive-C-reactive protein

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