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Published in final edited form as: J Am Soc Hypertens. 2010 Oct 27;4(6):272–283. doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2010.09.005

Table 2.

Multivariable-adjusted^* mean leukocyte levels by BP group, by race.

	HT group			P value for trend
	Normal	Pre-HT	HT	P value for trend
Whites
Neutrophils	60.2 (0.24)	60.6 (0.31)	60.5 (0.52)	0.30
Lymphocytes	32.1 (0.22)	31.9 (0.28)	31.2 (0.48)	0.09
Monocytes^¶	5.55 (1.01)	5.33 (1.02)	5.48 (1.03)	0.16
African-Americans
Neutrophils	49.7 (0.67)	50.4 (0.67)	51.4 (0.79)	0.04
Lymphocytes	38.7 (0.60)	37.9 (0.59)	36.6 (0.70)	0.005
Monocytes^¶	5.59 (1.03)	5.66 (1.03)	5.87 (1.03)	0.15

Values are means (standard error).

^¶

Geometric mean (because of the highly skewed distribution).

in a general linear model, adjusted for age, sex, center, diabetes, BMI, total cholesterol, smoking, drinking, physical activity, and dietary sodium intake.

Abbreviations: HT, hypertension; Pre-HT, pre-hypertension; BMI, body mass index.