Table 1.
Participant characteristics.
| Mean ± SD |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Total sample | Normal weight | Overweight/obese | |
| N | 139 | 94 | 45 |
| Age | 8.85 ± 1.67 | 8.71 ± 1.65 | 9.13 ± 1.70 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White/Caucasian | 5.8% | 6.38% | 4.44% |
| Black/African-American | 82.0% | 80.85% | 84.44% |
| Hispanic | 11.5% | 12.77% | 8.89% |
| Bi-racial/multi-racial | 0.7% | 0.00% | 2.22% |
| Systolic blood pressure category | |||
| Normal | 71.3% | 78.72% | 55.56% |
| Pre-hypertension | 12.9% | 9.57% | 20.00% |
| Hypertension Stage 1 | 15.2% | 11.70% | 22.22% |
| Hypertension Stage 2 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Missing Data (n = 1) | 0.7% | 0.00% | 2.22% |
| Diastolic blood pressure category | |||
| Normal | 79.9% | 87.23% | 64.44% |
| Pre-hypertension | 10.1% | 7.45% | 15.56% |
| Hypertension Stage 1 | 7.9% | 3.19% | 17.78% |
| Hypertension Stage 2 | 2.2% | 2.13% | 2.22% |