Table 1.

Characteristics of participants.

Variables	Cohort (n = 125)	Hypertensive (n = 42)	Normotensive (n = 83)	P-value
Age (years), mean ± SD	49.0 ± 17.0	55.7 ± 14.5	45.3 ± 17.2	0.001
Female, n (%)	77 (62%)	24 (57%)	53 (64%)	0.56
Race, n (%)
White	76 (61%)	23 (55%)	53 (64%)	0.51
Black/African American	30 (24%)	12 (29%)	18 (22%)	–
Asian	17 (14%)	7 (16%)	10 (12%)	–
Ethnicity, n (%)
Hispanic/Latino	18 (14%)	5 (16%)	13 (16%)	0.78
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD		27.8 ± 4.2	26.6 ± 5.6	0.15
Serum creatinine (mg/dL), mean ± SD		0.84 ± 0.17	0.82 ± 0.16	0.43
Fasting glucose (mg/dL), mean ± SD		95.2 ± 12.5	92.5 ± 12.9	0.32
eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2), mean ± SD		91.3 ± 19.2	99.6 ± 19.4	0.05
Office BP (mmHg), mean ± SD
Seated systolic BP		134 ± 20	120 ± 9	< 0.001
Seated diastolic BP		80 ± 11	75 ± 5	0.002
Standing systolic BP		136 ± 24	121 ± 9	< 0.001
Standing diastolic BP		85 ± 13	78 ± 6	< 0.001
Office HR (bpm), mean ± SD
Sitting HR		71 ± 11	71 ± 11	0.82
Standing HR		80 ± 13	78 ± 12	0.43
Ambulatory BP (mmHg), mean ± SD
24-h SBP, mean ± SD		130 ± 12	111 ± 7	< 0.001
24-h DBP, mean ± SD		78 ± 7	68 ± 4	< 0.001
Daytime SBP, mean ± SD		134 ± 13	115 ± 7	0.002
Daytime DBP, mean ± SD		81 ± 8	72 ± 5	< 0.001
Nighttime SBP, mean ± SD		121 ± 14	102 ± 13	< 0.001
Nighttime DBP, mean ± SD		70 ± 7	61 ± 5	< 0.001
Ambulatory HR (bmp), mean ± SD
24-h HR		75 ± 9	70 ± 9	0.002
Daytime HR		77 ± 9	72 ± 9	0.004
Nighttime HR		71 ± 10	64 ± 10	0.001

Categorical data are presented as number and percentage and continuous data are presented as mean and standard deviation. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

BMI body mass index, BP blood pressure, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, HR heart rate, SD standard deviation.