Table 2.
Baseline Characteristics of 810 PREMIER Study Participants
| Age (y), (mean ± SDa) | 50.0 ± 8.9 |
| 22-39 (%) | 11 |
| 40-59 (%) | 75 |
| 60 (%) | 14 |
| Race (%) | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 63 |
| African-American | 34 |
| Other | 3 |
| Sex (%) | |
| Men | 38 |
| Women | 62 |
| Education (%) | |
| <=High school | 9 |
| College (>0-4 y) | 59 |
| Graduate school | 32 |
| Marital Status (%) | |
| Single | 12 |
| Married | 66 |
| Other | 22 |
| Employment (%) | |
| Full-time | 75 |
| Part-time | 10 |
| Other | 15 |
| Household income (%) | |
| No answer | 4 |
| <$30,000 | 10 |
| $30,000-60,000 | 32 |
| >$60,000 | 54 |
| Body mass indexb (mean ± SD) | |
| Men | 32.4 ± 5.6 |
| Women | 33.5 ± 5.9 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg), (mean ± SD) | 134.9 ± 9.6 |
| 110-129 (%) | 34 |
| 130-139 (%) | 37 |
| 140-162 (%)c | 29 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mm/Hg), (mean ± SD) | 84.8 ± 4.2 |
| 74-84 (%) | 55 |
| 85-89 (%) | 32 |
| 90-98 (%)c | 13 |
a
SD = standard deviation
b
Body mass index measured as kg/m2
c
Stage 1 hypertension