Table 1.
Baseline cohort demographics
| Eligible cohort | 5115 |
| Gender | 1841 (36%) |
| Male | 3273 (64%) |
| Female | |
| Age | 49 (SD 13.97) |
| <30 years old | 9% |
| 31–40 years old | 16% |
| 41–50 years old | 29% |
| 51–60 years old | 21% |
| >60 years old | 25% |
| Mean systolic blood pressure | 130 mmHg (SD 17.78) |
| Medical condition | |
| Hypertension and prehypertension (>120 mmHg) | 4165 (81%) |
| Prehypertension | 3179 (62%) |
| Hypertension stage 1 | 799 (16%) |
| Hypertension stage 2 | 187 (4%) |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 1273 (25%) |
| Depression and anxiety | 797 (16%) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 458 (9%) |
| Cardiovascular disease or chronic kidney disease | 365 (7%) |
| Chronic kidney disease | 114 (2%) |
| Asthma | 21 (0.41%) |
| Sleep apnea | 13 (0.25%) |
| Fibromyalgia | 12 (0.23%) |
| Arthritis | 10 (0.2%) |
| Hypothyroidism | 10 (0.2%) |
| Hypothyroid | 9 (0.18%) |
| ADHD | 8 (0.16%) |
| Allergies | 8 (0.16%) |
| IBS | 7 (0.14%) |
| Low blood pressure | 7 (0.14%) |
| Migraines | 7 (0.14%) |
| COPD | 6 (0.12%) |
| Lupus | 6 (0.12%) |
| Thyroid | 6 (0.12%) |
| Gout | 5 (0.1%) |
| I don’t have a medical condition | 675 (13%) |