Association of the level of heteroplasmy of the 15059G>A mutation in the MT-CYB mitochondrial gene with essential hypertension

Table 2 Antropometric, clinical and biochemical characteristics of study participants from the 1^st and 2^nd quartiles of distribution of 15059G>A heteroplasmy level n (%)

Characteristics	15059G>A heteroplasmy level1		P value
	Quartile 1 (n = 49)	Quartile 4 (n = 48)
Age, yr	60.1 ± 7.1	66.2 ± 9.9	0.001
BMI, kg/m2	26.4 ± 4.5	27.1 ± 5.1	0.41
SBP, mm/Hg	132 ± 18	143 ± 22	0.022
DBP, mm/Hg	83 ± 12	84 ± 12	0.50
Cholesterol, mg/dL	228 ± 42	243 ± 43	0.10
TG, mg/dL	112 ± 57	141 ± 61	0.021
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	66 ± 14	68 ± 19	0.69
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL	140 ± 40	147 ± 44	0.44
EH	22 (45)	30 (63)	0.17
LVH	13 (27)	13 (27)	0.97

¹Data are mean ± SD. BMI: Body mass index; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; EH: Essential hypertension; LVH: Left ventricular hypertrophy; TG: Triglycerides; HDL: High density lipoproteins; LDL: Low density lipoproteins.