lists the baseline characteristics by
blood pressure classification. Individualswith prehypertension
were significantly older than thosewith normal blood pressure.
Glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and uric acid levels
and BMI were significantly greater in prehypertensive subjects
than in normotensive subjects and greater in hypertensive
subjects than prehypertensive subjects (all Pb0.001). When
we separately analyzed data from male and female subjects,
the results were similar