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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2018 Aug 31;202:98–105.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.07.023

Table 3.

Demographic Characteristics of Included Population versus Population Excluded for Inadequate Race Data

Index Visit Characteristics BMI Analysis Cohort BP Analysis Cohort

Included Excluded Included Excluded
N 5703 (64.7) 3108 (35.3) 3705 (62.2) 2252 (37.8)
Age, yrs 9.8 (5.0) 9.1 (4.5)a 7.4 (3.1) 7.3 (2.9)
Age group
 <9 yrs 2959 (51.9) 1762 (56.7)a 2569 (69.3) 1568 (69.6)
 9-<12 yrs 664 (11.6) 453 (14.6)a 602 (16.3) 407 (18.1)
 ≥12 yrs 2080 (36.5) 893 (28.7)a 534 (14.4) 277 (12.3)
Female sex 3274 (57.4) 1634 (52.6)a 1883 (50.8) 1092 (48.5)
Commercial insurance 4635 (81.3) 2454 (79.0)a 3165 (85.4) 1854 (82.3)a
BMI, kg/m2 19.3 (4.8) 19.1 (4.6)a 17.7 (3.8) 17.6 (3.9)
BMI category
 Underweight 551 (9.6) 282 (9.1) 334 (9.0) 231 (10.3)
 Normal 2930 (51.4) 1516 (48.8)a 1947 (52.5) 1167(51.8)
 Overweight 884 (15.5) 547 (17.6)a 699 (18.9) 395 (17.5)
 Obese 1338 (23.5) 763 (24.5)a 718 (19.4) 457 (20.3)
 Missing 0.0 0.0 7 (0.2) 2 (0.1)
SBP, mmHg 103.2 (12.9) 102.6 (12.8)a 100.4 (11.9) 100.0 (11.8)
DBP, mmHg 65.0 (8.5) 64.9 (8.5) 63.3 (8.1) 63.7 (8.0)
BP categoryb
 Normal 3694 (64.8) 2010 (64.7) 2686 (72.5) 1625 (72.1)
 Elevated 563 (9.8) 298 (9.6) 364 (9.8) 220 (9.8)
 HTN 1047 (18.3) 567 (18.2) 655 (17.7) 407 (18.1)

Values are n (%) for categorical or mean (SD) for continuous measures. BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HTN, hypertension. Index visit refers to the first visit of record.

a

P<0.05 compared to included group

b

Based on index visit blood pressure only.