Table I.
Patient Characteristics by Blood Pressure Category
| Variable | NT (n=531) | Pre‐HTN (n=65) | HTN (n=127) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Age, ya | 17.4 | 3.1 | 19.3 | 3.5 | 20.0 | 3.1 |
| Race, % non‐Caucasian | 58.0 | 58.5 | 70.9 | |||
| Sex, % maleb | 37.9 | 37.7 | 23.6 | |||
| Presence of T2DM, %c | 21.9 | 40.0 | 55.9 | |||
| Height, cmd | 166.8 | 10.6 | 166.3 | 9.1 | 167.1 | 10.6 |
| Weight, kgd | 82.6 | 28.2 | 94.9 | 28.8 | 108.7 | 31.2 |
| Waist, cmd | 96.1 | 22.3 | 108.0 | 23.3 | 118.6 | 23.0 |
| Waist‐height ratiod | 0.58 | 0.13 | 0.65 | 0.14 | 0.71 | 0.13 |
| BMI, kg/m2d | 29.4 | 9.3 | 34.1 | 9.3 | 38.7 | 9.8 |
| SBP, mm Hgd | 111.3 | 9.9 | 119.3 | 10.6 | 128.8 | 13.1 |
| DBP, mm Hgd | 61.5 | 11.7 | 67.9 | 11.1 | 72.9 | 14.6 |
| MAP, mm Hgd | 80.8 | 7.8 | 85.9 | 8.2 | 91.0 | 10.9 |
| Heart rate, beats per mina | 66.1 | 10.6 | 70.1 | 10.0 | 71.5 | 11.9 |
| TC, mg/dLa | 168.1 | 33.8 | 181.9 | 30.8 | 175.8 | 36.4 |
| LDL‐C, mg/dLe | 98.4 | 28.8 | 109.2 | 28.4 | 103.6 | 29.7 |
| HDL‐C, mg/dLf | 51.1 | 12.7 | 51.7 | 15.8 | 45.1 | 11.2 |
| TG, mg/dLa | 90.2 | 55.5 | 115.5 | 77.9 | 132.6 | 98.3 |
| Glucose, mg/dLg | 103.6 | 46.5 | 112.7 | 50.9 | 129.3 | 70.0 |
| Insulin, μU/mLh | 17.1 | 13.1 | 19.9 | 13.1 | 23.6 | 20.9 |
| CRP, mg/La | 3.33 | 5.25 | 5.10 | 5.72 | 6.24 | 7.07 |
| CPM, counts/non 0 minf | 684 | 255 | 610 | 240 | 560 | 169 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CPM, counts per minute; CRP, C‐reactive protein; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL‐C, high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol; HTN, hypertension; LDL‐C, low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol; MAP, mean arterial pressure; NT, normotension; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SD, standard deviation; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides. P<.05 for aNT<pre‐HTN and HTN; bHTN<NT; cchi‐square P<.0001 for difference in prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus by blood pressure group; dNT<pre‐HTN<HTN; eNT<pre‐HTN; fHTN<NT and pre‐HTN; gNT and pre‐HTN<HTN; hNT<HTN.