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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2018 Jan 2;71(3):444–450. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.117.09649

Table 2.

Unadjusted comparison of BP measurements and HTN indices.

Time Period
Characteristic* Period 1 Period 2 p-value for difference
Patient Visits (N) N=345 N=506
Casual SBP%ile 64 [34, 88] 54 [27, 79] 0.001
Casual DBP%ile 68 [40, 88] 59 [35, 84] 0.017
Casual BP Status 0.044
 Normotensive 63% (216) 70% (353)
 Uncontrolled pre-HTN 15% (53) 15% (74)
 Uncontrolled HTN 22% (76) 16% (79)
SR-High BP diagnosis 56% (185) 57% (285) 0.83
Current antihypertensive use 71% (244) 65% (328) 0.075
Current ACE/ARB 59% (205) 56% (282) 0.29
ACE 56% (182) 54% (249) 0.51
ARB 13% (41) 12% (57) 0.91
Beta-Blocker 5% (16) 3% (15) 0.27
Alpha Blocker 1% (4) 2% (8) 0.77
Alpha/Beta Blocker 3% (10) 2% (10) 0.49
Calcium Channel Blocker 17% (54) 15% (70) 0.55
Centrally acting alpha-2 agonist 3% (10) 3% (13) 0.83
Direct vasodilator <1% (3) <1% (3) 0.69
Diuretic 10% (32) 7% (32) 0.15
Current corticosteroid 6% (21) 7% (36) 0.58
ABPM Measurements (N) N=201 N=297
ABPM HTN 56% (112) 62% (184) 0.19
Index
 Wake SBP
  Mean > limit 16% (33) 15% (44) 0.70
 Sleep SBP
  Mean > limit 19% (38) 20% (58) 0.91
 Wake DBP
  Mean > limit 13% (27) 11% (32) 0.40
 Sleep DBP
  Mean > limit 20% (41) 22% (64) 0.82
 Load
  Wake SBP
  >25 35% (70) 33% (97) 0.63
  Sleep SBP
  >25 31% (63) 39% (115) 0.11
  Wake DBP
  >25 31% (62) 32% (96) 0.77
  Sleep DBP
  >25 42% (85) 43% (129) 0.85
 Casual/ABPM Hypertension Status 0.014
  Normotensive 42% (84) 37% (111)
  White Coat HTN 2% (5) <1% (2)
  Masked HTN 37% (74) 49% (146)
  Confirmed HTN 19% (38) 13% (38)
*

Median [IQR] for continuous variables; %(n) for categorical variables.

Base on Wilcoxon rank sum tests for continuous variables and Fisher’s exact tests for categorical variables.

Missing data: self-reported(SR) high BP, n=21; medications, n=64.