Table 2 Basic characteristics of study subjects
From: Hierarchical structural component model for pathway analysis of common variants
(a) Basic characteristics of hypertensive cases and normotensive controls | ||
| Â | HT subjects | Normal subjects |
 Area(Ansan/Ansung) | 1204/804 | 1756/2813 |
 Gender(Male/Female) | 916/1092 | 2065/2504 |
 Age(Mean ±SD) | 56.74(± 8.42) | 49.43(± 8.09) |
 BMI(Mean ±SD) | 25.62(± 3.27) | 24.03(± 2.94) |
 Number of subjects | 2008 | 4569 |
(b) Basic characteristics of subjects for blood pressure analysis | ||
| Â | Subjects | |
 Area(Ansan/Ansung) | 3591/4225 | |
 Gender(Male/Female) | 3784/4032 | |
 Age(Mean ±SD) | 51.45(± 8.74) | |
 BMI(Mean ±SD) | 24.40(± 3.07) | |
 SBP(Mean ±SD) | 115.56(± 17.22) | |
 DBP(Mean ±SD) | 74.11(± 11.24) | |
 Number of subjects | 7816 | |