Table 1.
Characteristics at the first visit with a hypertensive blood pressure (≥95th percentile)
| TeenBP Intervention (n=607) | Usual Care (n=607) | p | ||
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| Age, years | mean (s.d.) | 13.7 (2.2) | 13.5 (2.2) | 0.13 |
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| Female n (%) | 314 (51.7) | 322 (53.1) | 0.65 | |
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| Race | ||||
| White | 363 (59.8) | 338 (55.7) | 0.63 | |
| Black | 111 (18.3) | 120 (19.8) | ||
| Asian | 61 (10.1) | 67 (11.0) | ||
| Other | 17 (2.8) | 23 (3.8) | ||
| Unknown | 55 (9.1) | 59 (9.7) | ||
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| Hispanic ethnicity | n (%) | 41 (6.8) | 40 (6.6) | 0.91 |
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| Language | n (%) | |||
| English | 564 (92.9) | 558 (91.9) | 0.56 | |
| Spanish | 15 (2.5) | 13 (2.1) | ||
| Othera | 28 (4.6) | 36 (5.9) | ||
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| Insurance | n (%) | 0.48 | ||
| Private | 568 (93.6) | 557 (91.8) | ||
| Public | 33 (5.4) | 42 (6.9) | ||
| Self-pay | 6 (1.0) | 8 (1.3) | ||
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| BMI percentile | n (%) | 0.73 | ||
| <85th | 234 (43.8) | 241 (46.3) | ||
| 85-<95th | 120 (22.5) | 113 (21.7) | ||
| ≥95th | 180 (33.7) | 167 (32.1) | ||
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| BP percentile | ||||
| SBP≥99th percentile | 104 (17.1) | 80 (13.2) | 0.14 | |
| SBP≥95th and <99th percentile | 353 (58.2) | 378 (62.3) | ||
| DBP>=95th percentile only | 150 (24.7) | 149 (24.6) | ||
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| Primary care visits in 6 months prior to index visit | ||||
| 0 | 361 (59.5) | 371 (61.1) | 0.68 | |
| 1 | 148 (24.4) | 148 (24.4) | ||
| 2 | 61 (10.1) | 49 (8.1) | ||
| 3 | 22 (3.6) | 27 (4.5) | ||
| 4+ | 15 (2.5) | 12 (2.0) | ||
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| Index visit type | ||||
| Well child | 263 (43.3) | 323 (53.2) | <0.001 | |
| Acute or follow-up | 344 (56.7) | 284 (46.8) | ||
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| Index visit department | ||||
| Family practice | 237 (39.0) | 202 (33.3) | 0.04 | |
| Pediatrics | 370 (61.0) | 405 (66.7) | ||
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