Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of normotensive and hypertensive groups.

Characteristic	Normotensive N = 32	Hypertensive N = 32	P-value
Age (y)*	15 (13 – 16)	16 (14 – 17)	0.18
Sex (M/F) %	53/47	78/22	0.064
Race (Black/Hispanic/White) %	28/0/72	31/3/66
Obesity %	53	53	0.99
Morbid obesity %	19	37	0.16
IQ	100 ± 18	99 ± 14	0.79
Maternal education (<HS/HS/college/>college) %	6/56/25/13	9/47/34/10	0.81
Household Income (low/low-mid/high-mid/high) %	14/38/34/14	14/54/21/11	0.66
Study visit SBP index^	0.85 ± 0.06	1.04 ± 0.09	< 0.001
Study visit DBP index^	0.74 ± 0.06	0.84 ± 0.13	< 0.001

^*median (interquartile range);

^{^}mean ± SD