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Table 2 Patients’ clinical information

From: What hypertensive patients want to know [and from whom] about their disease: a two-year longitudinal study

Clinical characteristic

mean ± standard deviation (SD)

Body Mass Index kg/m

26.7 ± 3.9

Waist Circumference cm

92.6 ± 12.2

Total Cholesterol mg/dl

200 ± 34.7

Glucose mg/dl

94 ± 19.8

Risk Factors

3 ± 1.5

Risk Factors

N(%)

Dyslipidemia

30 (15.1)

Smoking History

64 (32.2)

Diabetes

16 (8.1)

Obesity

61 (33.7)

Family History of premature CVD

88 (45.8)

Nephropathy

3 (1.6)

Prior cardiac events

9 (4.5)

Menopause

38 (19.9)

Pharmacological Treatment

N(%)

Yes

176 (87.1)