Table 2.
Summary Blood Pressure Measures (in mmHg) from Screening through 36 Months by Antihypertensive Medication Use.
| Blood Pressure | Systolic Blood Pressure |
Diastolic Blood Pressure |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (n=428) | Using Antihypertensive (n=204) | Not using Antihypertensive (n=224) | p-valuea | Overall (n=428) | Using Antihypertensive (n=204) | Not using Antihypertensive (n=224) | p-valueb | |
| Mean, mean ± sd | 133.1±12.6 | 136.4 ± 13.0 | 130.1 ± 11.4 | <0.0001 | 73.4±7.3 | 73.9 ± 7.2 | 73.0 ± 7.4 | 0.1962 |
| Standard Deviation, mean ± sd | 11.4 ± 4.9 | 12.2 ± 5.0 | 10.7 ± 4.6 | 0.0033 | 6.6 ± 2.6 | 6.7 ± 2.7 | 6.4 ± 2.4 | 0.1942 |
| Coefficient of Variation, mean ± sd | 8.6 ± 3.5 | 8.9 ± 3.5 | 8.3 ± 3.5 | 0.0743 | 9.0 ± 3.6 | 9.2 ± 3.7 | 8.9 ± 3.5 | 0.4153 |
| Maximum, mean ± sd | 149.1±16.3 | 153.8 ± 17.3 | 144.8±14.1 | <0.0001 | 82.4±8.2 | 83.0 ± 8.2 | 81.8 ± 8.2 | 0.1220 |
a
p-value derived using two sample t-tests comparing systolic blood pressure summary measures between participants using anti-hypertensive medications and those not using anti-hypertensive medications.
b
p-value derived using two sample t-tests comparing diatolic blood pressure summary measures between participants using anti-hypertensive medications and those not using anti-hypertensive medications.