Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of the Participants (N = 530)

	Total N = 530	Non-Hypertensive N = 376	Hypertensive N= 154	P-value
Age				<0.01
< 40 years	126 (23.8)	111 (29.5)	15 (9.8)
40-59 years	335 (63.2)	227 (60.4)	108 (70.1)
60 years and over	69 (13.0)	38 (10.1)	31 (20.1)
Gender				<0.01
Male	224 (42.3)	131 (34.8)	93 (60.4)
Female	306 (57.7)	245 (65.2)	61 (39.6)
Ethnicity				0.07
Chinese	177 (33.4)	137 (36.4)	40 (26.0)
Korean	179 (33.8)	121 (32.2)	58 (37.7)
Vietnamese	174 (33.8)	118 (31.4)	56 (36.3)
BMI (mean[SD])	23.4 (3.4)	22.6 (3.1)	25.4 (3.2)	<0.01
Marital status				0.29
Married	411 (77.6)	287 (76. 3)	124 (80.5)
Not married	119 (22.4)	89 (23.7)	30 (19.5)
Education				<0.01
Less than high school	68 (12.8)	40 (10.6)	28 (18.2)
High school or some college+	202 (38.1)	135 (35.9)	67 (43.5)
College graduate +	260 (49.1)	201 (53.5)	59 (38.3)
Employment status				0.77
Employed	356 (67.2)	122 (32.4)	52 (33.8)
Unemployed	174 (32.8)	254 (67.6)	102 (66.2)
Self-rated Identity				0.07
Very Asian	304 (57.2)	205 (54.5)	99 (64.3)
Mostly Asian	88 (16.5)	63 (16.8)	25 (16.2)
Bicultural/Westernized	140 (26.3)	108 (28.7)	30 (19.5)
English speaking				0.0017
Poorly/not at all	194 (36.6)	126 (33.5)	68 (44.2)
So-so	207 (39.1)	143 (38.0)	64 (41.5)
Native/very well	129 (24.3)	107 (28.5)	22 (14.3)
Smoke				<0.01
Smoker	94 (17.7)	51 (13.6)	43 (27.9)
Non-smoker	438 (82.3)	325 (86.4)	111 (72.1)
Binge drink				0.31
Yes	67 (12.6)	44 (11.7)	23 (14.9)
No	463 (82.4)	332 (88.3)	131 (85.1)
Perceived Stress				0.01
Low	251 (47.2)	192 (51.1)	59 (38.3)
High	281 (52.8)	184 (48.9)	95 (61.7)
Social Network Index Score				0.84
socially isolated	67 (12.6)	46 (12.2)	21 (13.6)
moderately isolated	115 (21.6)	83 (22.1)	31 (20.1)
moderately integrated	162 (30.5)	117 (31.1)	44 (28.6)
socially integrated	188 (35.3)	130 (34.6)	58 (37.7)
Social support				<0.01
Low	282 (53.0)	179 (47.6)	101 (65.6)
High	250 (47.0)	197 (52.4)	53 (34.4)