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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with EH with and without OP

From: Analysis of the prevalence, risk factors, and clinical characteristics of osteoporosis in patients with essential hypertension

 

Non-OP subgroup (N = 296)

OP subgroup (N = 129)

Test value

p

Sex

χ2 = 0.228

0.633

 Male

80 (27.0%)

32 (24.8%)

 Female

216 (73.0%)

97 (75.2%)

Age (years)

χ2 = 9.015

0.011

 50–59

69a (23.3%)

17b (13.2%)

 60–69

154a (52.0%)

65a (50.4%)

 70–79

73a (24.7%)

47b (36.4%)

Body weight (kg)

65.86 ± 9.84

66.80 ± 10.71

U = 19,583.000

0.673

Fracture history

χ2 = 3.934

0.047

 None

237 (80.1%)

92 (71.3%)

 Yes

59 (19.9%)

37 (28.7%)

Nocturnal urination frequency

χ2 = 7.461

0.024

 None

82a (27.7%)

20b (15.5%)

 1–2 times

159a (53.7%)

79a (61.2%)

 3 or more

55a (18.6%)

30a (23.3%)

Depression/anxiety status

χ2 = 8.751

0.013

 None

231a (78.3%)

84b (65.1%)

 Mild

57a (19.3%)

38a (29.5%)

 Moderate

7a (2.4%)

7a (5.4%)

Course of hypertension

χ2 = 12.669

0.005

 2–5 years

126a (42.6%)

32b (24.8%)

 6–10 years

88a (29.7%)

49a (38.0%)

 11–19 years

31a (10.5%)

21a (16.3%)

 more than 20 years

51a (17.2%)

27a (20.9%)

Drug combination

χ2 = 4.770

0.029

 Only one

264 (89.2%)

105 (81.4%)

 2 or 3

32 (10.8%)

24 (18.6%)

Types of Antihypertensive medication use

χ2= 36.722

 < 0.001

 Irregular use

13 (4.4%)

17 (13.2%)

 Amlodipine

125 (42.2%)

77 (59.7%)

 Nifedipine

12 (4.1%)

8 (6.2%)

 Propranolol

27 (9.1%)

5 (3.9%)

 Captopril

26 (8.8%)

5 (3.9%)

 Valsartan

71 (24.0%)

9 (7.0%)

 Proprietary Chinese Medicine (pCM)

22 (7.4%)

8 (6.2%)

CR (µmol/L)

73.95 ± 18.11

69.35 ± 17.05

U = 15,489.000

0.002

eGFR

(mL/min/1.73 m2)

χ2 = 0.007

0.934

 ≥ 60

276 (93.24%)

120 (93.02%)

 < 60

20 (6.76%)

9 (6.98%)

  1. Each subscript letter indicates a subset of the non-OP subgroup or OP subgroup. At the 0.05 level, there is no significant difference between the column ratios of these categories