Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of GenSalt follow-up study participants (N = 1,768)

Variable	Mean ± SD or %
Age, years	39.0±9.2
Male	52.3
Body mass index, kg/m2	23.4±3.2
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	116.9±14.1
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	73.8±10.2
Hypertension	9.8
Antihypertension medication	9.0
Incidence of hypertension during follow-upa	32.1

^aExcludes 173 participants with hypertension at baseline.