Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study participants, per dietary arm.
| Characteristics | Total (n = 334) |
Control Diet (n = 108) |
Fruit and Vegetable Diet (n = 112) |
DASH Diet‡ (n = 114) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (Y) * | 45.7 | ±10.7 | 45.0 | ±11.2 | 45.3 | ±1.8 | 44.3 | ±10.2 |
| Female (n, %) | 155 | 46 | 46 | 43 | 52 | 46 | 57 | 50 |
| Female > 51 years (n, %) | 42 | 27 | 11 | 23 | 15 | 28 | 16 | 28 |
| Race | ||||||||
| Black (n, %) | 192 | 57 | 62 | 57 | 64 | 57 | 66 | 58 |
| Weight (kg) | ||||||||
| All | 82.8 | ±14.6 | 82.9 | ±14.6 | 81.8 | ±14.0 | 83.4 | ±15.0 |
| Male | 88.0 | ±14.2 | 89.1 | ±12.7 | 86.1 | ±13.4 | 88.7 | ±16.7 |
| Female | 76.8 | ±12.5 | 74.8 | ±13.0 | 76.9 | ±13.2 | 78.2 | ±11.4 |
| Body Mass Index, BMI (kg/m2) † | ||||||||
| All | 28.1 | ±3.9 | 28.0 | ±3.7 | 28.0 | ±4.1 | 28.4 | ±4.0 |
| Male | 27.8 | ±3.7 | 28.0 | ±3.4 | 27.3 | ±3.5 | 28.1 | ±4.1 |
| Female | 28.5 | ±4.1 | 28.7 | ±3.8 | 29.0 | ±3.6 | 29.8 | ±4.0 |
| Hypertensive (n, %) | 105 | 31 | 28 | 35 | 37 | 33 | 30 | 26 |
‡ The “Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension” (DASH) diet. * Plus–minus values are means ± Standard Deviation (SD). † Body Mass Index (BMI) calculated by weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.