Peripheral blood cells from hypertension patients vs. Peripheral blood cells from normotensive controls

Microarray analysis of differential gene expression in peripheral blood cells of patients with hypertension (n=3) versus those of normotensive control subjects (n=3).

Inclusion criteria for the hypertensive participants were average systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥ 160 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ≥ 100 mm Hg and absence of secondary hypertension. Inclusion criteria for the normotensives were SBP < 135 mmHg and DBP < 85 mm Hg and absence of family history of hypertension in first-degree relatives.