**Appendix A**

**Table A1.** List of the Antihypertensive medications.


AT1: Angiotensin II type 1. Hypertension medications were collected based on the medical interview gathered from the participants' information.


**Table A2.** List of two combinations of antihypertensive drugs.

OD: Orally Disintegrating. Hypertension medications were collected based on the medical interview gathered from the participants' information.




Data are presented as mean ± standard error or number of participants (%). The significance level was set at *p* < 0.1. \*: Significant differences were seen using the Kruskal-Wallis Test. BMI: body mass index; Vit.: Vitamin; the Normotensive: Participants with systolic blood pressure (SBP) < 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) < 90 mmHg; Hypertensive: Participants with SBP of ≥140 mmHg and/or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg; History of hypertension: Participants who answered that they had a history of hypertension in the medical interview and/or is taking hypertension medication; Current or past smoking habits: Participants who smoked or had a history of smoking. The sodium-to-potassium ratio was defined as the amount of sodium consumed divided by the amount of potassium consumed [40,57]. The Mann-Whitney U-test with Bonferroni correction was used to compare the two groups: a: statistically significant difference between the Normotensive group and the Hypertensive group; b: Statistically significant difference between the Normotensive and the History of hypertension groups; c: Statistically significant difference between the Hypertensive and the History of hypertension groups.
