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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 14.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Manag Care. 2014 Aug;20(8):622–628.

Table 1.

Study Sample Characteristics (N=71,617)

Mean SD
Age 10.3 4.4
N %
Gender
Male 35,094 49
Female 36,523 51
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Latino White 40,470 57
African American 6,853 10
Latino 9,868 14
Asian 2,983 4
Native American 722 1
Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 168 0
Multiple Races 344 0
Unknown 10,209 14
BMI
BMI below 85 percentile 45,655 64
BMI >=85 percentile and <95 percentile 13,089 18
BMI at or above 95 percentile 12,873 18
Blood Pressure
Normal blood pressure 39,229 55
Pre-Hypertension 30,101 42
Hypertension 2,287 3
Utilization / Enrollment Mean SD
Annual Office Visits 2.2 2.5
Months Enrollment 35.0 13.7

Note: Normal BP was defined as having all systolic BP and diastolic BP measurements < 90th percentile; Pre-HT was defined as having one or more BP measurements ≥90th percentile or ≥120/80 mmHG; HT was defined as either three consecutive BP measurements ≥95th percentile, one or more BP measurements ≥99th percentile, or receiving a diagnosis of essential hypertension during the study period.