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Table 4 Baseline characteristics of study population by triglyceride trajectories for incident hypertension

From: Sex specific trajectories of central adiposity, lipid indices, and glucose level with incident hypertension: 12 years Follow-up in Tehran lipid and glucose study

Females

Stable (n = 2740)

Inverse U-shape (n = 81)

Decreasing (n = 158)

P value

Age (years)

28.26 (6.57)

29.52 (5.93)

32.78 (5.77)

0.000

Smoking status

 (Current) (%)

0.5

2.9

0.6

 

 (Paste) (%)

2.2

3.7

3.8

 

BMI (kg/m2)

24.98 (4.59)

26.99 (4.32)

28.80 (4.22)

 

WC (cm)

79.73 (11.06)

86.85 (10.73)

90.52 (10.13)

0.000

Diabetes n (%)

18 (0.7)

6 (7.4)

8 (5.1)

0.000

TG ( mg/dL)

95 (70–133)

128 (168–233)

290 (260–324)

0.000

SBP (mmHg)

106.96 (10.17)

108.08 (10.53)

113.25 (10.30)

0.000

DBP (mmHg)

72.07 (8.09)

74.67 (7.54)

77.16 (6.88)

0.000

BP, n (%)

424 (15.5)

32 (39)

58 (36.7)

0.000

Males

Stable (n = 1845)

Inverse U-shape (n = 121)

Decreasing (n = 85)

P value

Age (years)

29.04 (6.76)

28.70 (6.34)

33.89 (4.39)

0.000

Smoking status

 (Current) (%)

25.4

32.2

32.9

 

 (Paste) (%)

9.3

8.3

9.4

 

BMI (kg/m2)

24.68 (4.17)

25.3 (4.13)

28.27 (3.51)

0.01

WC (cm)

84.61 (11.36)

85.89 (11.33)

94.75 (9.11)

0.000

Diabetes, n (%)

28 (1.1)

2 (1.7)

6 (7.1)

0.04

TG ( mg/dL)

124 (87–181)

215 (144–288)

467 (409–571)

0.000

SBP (mmHg)

112.06 (10.48)

113.43 (11.6)

116.92 (9.52)

0.000

DBP (mmHg)

73.52 (8.14)

73.55 (8.1)

78.67 (8.12)

0.000

BP, n (%)

416 (22.5)

32 (26.4)

35 (41.2)

0.000

  1. Data are mean (standard deviation) for continues, and frequency (%) for categorical variables
  2. BMI Body mass index, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, SBP Systolic blood pressure; TG Triglyceride