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. 2023 Aug 24;7:e43489. doi: 10.2196/43489

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics, weight, and blood pressure overall and by systolic blood pressure (SBP) control status at baseline (uncontrolled SBP ≥130 mm Hg vs controlled <130 mm Hg).a


Overall (n=1117) SBPb ≥130 (n=788; 70.5%) SBP <130 (n=329; 29.5%) P value
Demographic characteristics

Age (years), mean (SD) 50.9 (9.6) 51.2 (9.5) 50.3 (10.0) .13

Age distribution (years), n (%) .63


18-44 284 (25.4) 194 (24.6) 90 (27.4)


45-64 768 (68.8) 548 (69.5) 220 (66.9)


≥65 65 (5.8) 46 (5.8) 19 (5.8)

Sex, n (%) .02


Female 567 (50.8) 382 (48.5) 185 (56.2)


Male 550 (49.2) 406 (51.5) 144 (43.8)

Income, n (%) .28


>US $50,000 600 (75.3) 435 (76.3) 165 (72.7)


≤US $50,000 197 (24.7) 135 (23.7) 62 (27.3)

Race and ethnicity, n (%) .06


White 675 (60.5) 474 (60.5) 201 (61.3)


Black 187 (16.8) 147 (18.7) 40 (12.2)


Hispanic 114 (10.2) 76 (9.7) 38 (11.6)


Asian 99 (8.9) 64 (8.1) 35 (10.7)


Other 40 (3.6) 26 (3.3) 14 (4.3)

Education, n (%) .18


College education and above 645 (66.3) 451 (65.0) 194 (69.5)


Less than a college education 328 (33.7) 243 (35.0) 85 (30.5)
Clinical measures


Weight (lbs), mean (SD) 219.9 (51.1) 226.4 (52.0) 204.6 (45.2) <.001


BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) 35.2 (9.4) 36.3 (9.7) 32.7 (8.1) <.001


Obesity status (kg/m2), n (%) <.001



BMI≥30 kg/m2 724 (66.9) 544 (71.2) 180 (56.6)



BMI<30 kg/m2 358 (33.1) 220 (28.8) 138 (43.4)


Hypertension medications, n (%) .69



Yes 620 (86.1) 434 (85.8) 186 (86.9)



No 100 (13.9) 72 (14.2) 28 (13.1)


SBP (mm Hg), mean (SD) 136.5 (13.4) 142.6 (10.8) 122.0 (5.6) <.001


DBPc (mm Hg), mean (SD) 82.4 (9.1) 85.4 (8.6) 75.1 (5.3) <.001


DBP control (mm Hg), n (%) <.001



≥80 mm Hg (uncontrolled) 676 (60.5) 604 (76.7) 72 (21.9)



<80 mm Hg (controlled) 441 (39.5) 184 (23.4) 257 (78.1)


HBPMd hypertension categories (based on baseline SBP and DBP), n (%) <.001



At Goal 257 (23.0) 0 257 (78.1)



Stage 1 383 (34.3) 323 (41.0) 60 (18.2)



Stage 2 477 (42.7) 465 (59.0) 12 (3.7)

aItalicized P values are significant.

bSBP: systolic blood pressure

cDBP: diastolic blood pressure.

dHBPM: home blood pressure monitoring.