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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2014 Sep 1;165(5):1029–1033. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.07.048

Table III. Clinically significant changes in BP and BMI over time, adjusted for baseline values, race and insurance status.

COC Control p-value
3 months
N* 225 237
Incident Systolic BP ≥ 95th percentile 0.9% 2.1% 0.18
Incident Diastolic BP ≥ 95th percentile 0.4% 0% 0.89
Weight gain of ≥10 lbs 1.8% 0.4% 0.27
6 months
N* 341 465
Incident Systolic BP ≥ 95th percentile 2.6% 1.1% 0.12
Incident Diastolic BP ≥ 95th percentile 2.0% 0.9% 0.25
Weight gain of ≥10 lbs 5.4% 3.2% 0.09
12 months
N* 341 535
Incident Systolic BP ≥ 95th percentile 2.1% 1.5% 0.56
Incident Diastolic BP ≥ 95th percentile 0.9% 0.4% 0.43
Weight gain of ≥10 lbs 11.4% 8.7% 0.07

COC = combined oral contraceptive

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For evaluation of incident systolic or diastolic BP ≥ 95th percentile we excluded 11 adolescents with a baseline BP ≥ 95th percentile