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. 2017 Dec 19;20(2):145–152. doi: 10.1177/1099800417748759

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics.

Primary Covariate n (%)
Age, years
 20–29 64 (40.2)
 30–39 77 (48.4)
 40–49 18 (11.3)
Maternal smoker
 No 124 (79.5)
 Yes 32 (20.5)
Education
 <High school 8 (5.1)
 High school graduate 57 (36.3)
 Some college/graduate 92 (58.6)
Annual household income
 ≤US$15,000 71 (47.6)
 >US$15,000–34,999 53 (35.5)
 >US$35,000 25 (16.7)
Health insurance type
 Private 19 (12.7)
 Medicaid 96 (64.0)
 Government/ACA 23 (15.3)
 None 12 (8.0)
Ever received diagnosis of high blood pressure
 No 131 (84.0)
 Yes 25 (16.0)
Current high blood pressure medication use
 No 148 (94.3)
 Yes 9 (5.7)
BMI category
 Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2) 9 (5.7)
 Normal weight (18.5–24.9 kg/m2) 40 (25.1)
 Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2) 44 (27.7)
 Obese (≥30 kg/m2) 66 (41.5)

Note. N = 159. Frequencies do not sum to 159 for all variables due to missing data. ACA = Affordable Care Act; BMI = body mass index.