| Patients with hypertension (n = 1188) | p* | Patients without hypertension (n = 3293) | p** | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Family history (prevalence of hypertension) | Family history (% without hypertension) | |||||||
Present | Absent | Not known | Present | Absent | Not known | |||
Parents | 416 (35.0) | 676 (56.9) | 96 (8.1) | <0.001 | 1097 (33.3) | 2139 (65.0) | 57 (1.7) | <0.001 |
Grandparents | 32 (2.7) | 675 (56.8) | 481 (40.5) | <0.001 | 204 (6.2) | 2308 (70.1) | 781 (23.7) | <0.001 |
Siblings | 264 (22.2) | 851 (71.6) | 50 (4.2) | <0.001 | 318 (9.7) | 2861 (86.9) | 44 (1.3) | <0.001 |
Children | 54 (4.5) | 996 (83.8) | 13 (1.1) | <0.001 | 22 (0.7) | 2669 (81.1) | 14 (0.4) | <0.001 |