Association of H-Type Hypertension with miR-21, miR-29, and miR-199 in Kazahks of Xinjiang, China

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the four groups.

	HT + hcy (n = 100)	HT (n = 100)	hcy (n = 100)	NC (n = 100)	F/χ^2
Gender
Male	61	39	59	52	11.906	0.008
Female	39	61	41	48
Age (years)	53.54 ± 13.52^a	49.40 ± 10.27^a	42.09 ± 12.31	41.86 ± 10.10	24.308	<0.001
BMI (Kg/m^2)	25.76 ± 5.03	26.56 ± 4.25^a	24.55 ± 3.35	24.91 ± 4.27	4.543	0.004
Smoking
No	60	83	63	73	15.486	0.001
Yes	40	17	37	27
Drinking
No	86	91	88	91	1.839	0.607
Yes	14	9	12	9
Family history of hypertension
No	58	47	57	54	2.979	0.395
Yes	42	53	43	46
HCY (umol/l)	22.69 ± 12.94^a	12.18 ± 1.73	19.38 ± 6.46^a	11.01 ± 2.29	58.404	<0.001
SBP (mm·Hg)	160.64 ± 21.28^a	158.36 ± 18.91^a	121.58 ± 9.74^a	126.91 ± 8.93	170.514	<0.001
DBP (mm·Hg)	94.50 ± 12.95^a	92.59 ± 13.15^a	77.20 ± 6.89	76.37 ± 8.08	83.229	<0.001

and were considered significant; compared with normal control group. ^a.