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Table 1 Population characteristics

From: An explorative epigenome-wide association study of plasma renin and aldosterone concentration in a Ghanaian population: the RODAM study

N

68

Sex, male (%)

32 (47.1)

Age, years (mean (SD))

52.6 (9.0)

Site (%)

 

Rural Ghana

24 (35.3)

Urban Ghana

32 (47.1)

Amsterdam

12 (17.6)

BMI, kg/m2 (mean (SD))

25.1 (5.5)

Diabetes mellitus (%)

22 (32.4)

Hypertension (%)

27 (39.7)

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg (mean (SD))

131.78 (23.98)

Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg (mean (SD))

82.28 (15.53)

Prescribed BP-lowering medication (%)

10 (14.7)

Diuretics (%)

2 (2.9)

Beta blockers (%)

2 (2.9)

Calcium channel blockers (%)

9 (13.2)

Angiotensin receptor blocker (%)

4 (5.9)

Renin, pg/mL (median [IQR])

7.62 [4.26, 11.62]

Aldosterone, pg/mL (median [IQR])

103.44 [70.85, 163.21]

ARR (pg/mL/pg/mL) (median [IQR])

14.16 [7.45, 28.05]

  1. SD Standard deviation, BMI Body mass index, BP Blood pressure, ARR Aldosterone-to-renin ratio, IQR Interquartile range