Table 1.

Population characteristics of adults age 40 or greater, with a history of hypertension, and no previous CVD (n=2584) representing a US population of 45,456,104.

	US Population	Using Statins	Not Using Statins
Sample Number	2584	332	2252
Population Percentage	100.0%	14.2%	85.8%
Age (Mean ± SE)	60.2 ± 0.31	63.0 ± 0.67	59.8 ± 0.30
Gender
Male	41.7%	44.4%	41.3%
Female	58.3%	55.6%	58.7%
Race *
White	74.0%	81.2%	72.8%
Black	12.8%	6.8%	13.8%
Other	13.2%	12.0%	13.4%
Diabetes *
Yes	11.9%	19.2%	10.6%
No	88.1%	80.8%	89.4%
BMI
<25	21.3%	20.4%	21.4%
25–29.9	36.5%	42.4%	35.5%
30+	42.3%	37.2%	43.1%
Smoker *
Yes	19.5%	15.0%	20.2%
No	80.5%	85.0%	79.8%
Exercise
None	47.0%	42.1%	47.8%
Moderate	30.8%	37.7%	29.6%
Vigorous	22.2%	20.2%	22.6%
BP medication Use *
Yes	53.6%	74.9%	50.1%
No	46.4%	25.1%	49.9%
Low Salt Diet *
Yes	40.3%	53.2%	38.2%
No	59.7%	46.8%	61.8%
Blood Pressure *
<140/90	40.0%	52.2%	38.0%
≥140/90	60.0%	47.8%	62.0%
Total Cholesterol *
≤200	37.7%	50.4%	35.6%
>200	62.3%	49.6%	64.4%
Median CRP † (interquartile range)	2.87 (1.30–6.20)	2.37 (0.95–4.55)	3.02 (1.38–6.56)

^*Significant X² distribution (p<0.05).

^†Significantly different (p<0.05)