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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2008 Aug 25;52(4):631–637. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.110635

Table 3.

Table 3a. Characteristics of study population by SBP category, N=432
Systolic Blood Pressure*
Characteristic <90th percentile (n=322) ≥90th - <95th percentiles (n=49) ≥95th percentile (n=61) P-value for linear trend
Age, years 11 ± 4 11 ± 4 10 ± 4 0.38
Male 59% (190) 69% (34) 59% (36) 0.56
Black race 13% (41) 24% (12) 23% (14) 0.01
Hispanic Ethnicity 14% (43) 14% (7) 15% (9) 0.75
Glomerular diagnosis 19% (61) 31% (15) 28% (17) 0.04
Duration of CKD, years 7 ± 5 6 ± 5 5 ± 4 <0.01
Iohexol GFR, ml/min/1.73m2 45 ± 15 43 ± 16 43 ± 14 0.26
BMI percentile 59 ± 30 61 ± 32 67 ± 29 0.08
Obese, BMI >95th percentile 15% (47) 20% (10) 26% (15) 0.03
Low birth weight, <2500g 21% (65) 18% (8) 16% (10) 0.35
Premature birth, <36 weeks 23% (73) 23% (11) 27% (16) 0.61
Parental history of hypertension 27% (88) 27% (13) 34% (21) 0.36
Self-reported history of hypertension 42% (134) 61% (30) 61% (37) <0.01
Proteinuria
 Significant, Up/c 0.2-2 60% (177) 67% (32) 60% (35) 0.11
 Nephrotic, Up/c >2 13% (37) 17% (8) 17% (10) 0.06
Sodium (mmol/L) 140 ± 2 139 ± 2 139 ± 2 0.14
Potassium (mmol/L) 4.5 ± 0.5 4.8 ± 0.6 4.5 ± 0.5 0.05
Table 3b. Characteristics of study population by DBP category, N=432
Diastolic Blood Pressure*
Characteristic <90th percentile (n=332) ≥90th - <95th percentiles
(n=41)
≥95th percentile (n=59) P-value for linear trend
Age, years 11 ± 4 10 ± 5 9 ± 4 <0.01
Male 58% (193) 68% (28) 66% (39) 0.14
Black race 12% (41) 27% (11) 25% (15) <0.01
Hispanic Ethnicity 13% (44) 20% (8) 12% (7) 0.88
Glomerular diagnosis 22% (73) 22% (9) 19% (11) 0.61
Duration of CKD, years 7 ± 5 6 ± 5 6 ± 4 <0.01
Iohexol GFR, ml/min/.73m2 45 ± 15 45 ± 18 42 ± 13 0.27
BMI percentile 59 ± 30 69 ± 29 64 ± 31 0.07
Obese, BMI >95th percentile 15% (51) 23% (9) 21% (12) 0.17
Low birth weight, <2500g 20% (63) 24% (9) 19% (11) 0.93
Premature birth, <36 weeks 24% (80) 23% (9) 19% (11) 0.37
Parental history of hypertension 28% (92) 32% (13) 29% (17) 0.72
Self-reported history of hypertension 45% (151) 56% (23) 46% (27) 0.59
Proteinuria
 Significant, Up/c 0.2-2 62% (187) 67% (26) 54% (31) 0.38
 Nephrotic, Up/c >2 12% (37) 13% (5) 23% (13) 0.03
Sodium (mmol/L) 140 ± 2 140 ± 2 139 ± 2 0.86
Potassium (mmol/L) 4.5 ± 0.5 4.6 ± 0.5 4.5 ± 0.4 0.90

Abbreviations used in table: BMI, body mass index; CKD, chronic kidney disease; GFR: glomerular filtration rate

*

Based on causal BP measurement at baseline visit and categorized according to reference 6.

Mean ± SD or percent (n);

Compared to normal range Up/c (<0.2)