Table 2 Comparison of basal characteristics of the patients with hypertensive emergency and urgency
From: Hypertensive crisis in children: an experience in a single tertiary care center in Korea
| Characteristics |
Hypertensive emergency (N = 31) |
Hypertensive urgency (N = 20) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (year) | 8.46 ± 5.20 | 5.56 ± 4.71 | 0.051 |
| Sex | |||
| Male (%) | 18 (58.1) | 10 (50.0) | 0.572 |
| Female (%) | 13 (41.9) | 10 (50.0) | |
| Etiology | |||
| Renal origin (%) | 10 (32.3) | 5 (25.0) | 0.951 |
| Renal disease (%) | 5 (16.1) | 3 (15.0) | 1.000 |
| Postrenal disease (%) | 2 (6.4) | 1 (5.0) | 1.000 |
| Renal artery stenosis (%) | 3 (9.8) | 1 (5.0) | 1.000 |
| Cancer (%) | 16 (51.7) | 8 (40.0) | 0.267 |
| Sepsis (%) | 2 (6.4) | 2 (10.0) | 0.640 |
| Hypoxic brain injury (%) | 1 (3.2) | 5 (25.0) | 0.029 |
| Cardiogenic (%) | 2 (6.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0.514 |