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. 2018 Aug 10;1:31. doi: 10.1038/s41746-018-0039-z

Table 1.

Baseline demographics of the 81 individuals in the user experience analysisa

P comparing groups
All participants IBP Lower IBP Similar IBP Higher Lower vs. similar Similar vs. higher Lower vs. higher
N 81 25 34 22
Age, y 57 (16.4) 54 (16.4) 57 (17.8) 62 (13.4) 0.45 0.26 0.06
BMI, kg/m2 27 (6.4) 26 (6.2) 28 (6.8) 28 (6.3) 0.50 0.72 0.33
Male sex, % 54 44 59 59 0.03 >0.99 0.03
Has a smartphone, % 84 80 91 77 0.03 0.01 0.61
 Has an mHealth app, % 44 60 39 35 0.13 0.81 0.13
Hypertension, % 57 60 50 64 0.16 0.05 0.56
 On an antihypertensive, % 91 87 88 100 0.89 0.18 0.16
Measures BP monthly or more outside of the doctors office, % 52 52 53 50 0.89 0.67 0.78
White race, % 63 60 71 55 0.10 0.02 0.47
Hispanic ethnicity, % 5 4 9 0 0.15 <0.01 0.04
College education, % 81 88 71 91 < 0.01 <0.001 0.49
Participant’s self-estimation of their own BP
 Systolic, mm Hg 126 (15) 138 (12) 126 (11) 114 (14) < 0.001 <0.01 <0.001
 Diastolic, mm Hg 74 (10) 76 (11) 76 (9) 69 (9) 0.92 0.01 0.03
IBP BP measurement
 Systolic, mm Hg 125 (12) 120 (11) 125 (10) 132 (13) 0.06 0.04 <0.01
 Diastolic, mm Hg 77 (6) 76 (6) 78 (6) 78 (6) 0.25 0.77 0.19
Difference, IBP BP measurement minus self-estimation
 Systolic, mm Hg −1 (15) −18 (6) 0 (6) 18 (7) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Diastolic, mm Hg 3 (9) 0 (11) 2 (8) 9 (7) 0.542 0.001 0.002

aPresented as mean (SD) for continuous variables and proportions for dichotomous variables. IBP Lower had IBP systolic BP > 10 mm Hg below the participant’s self-estimation of their own BP, IBP Similar had IBP systolic BP within 10 mm Hg of the participant’s self-estimation, and IBP Higher had IBP systolic BP > 10 mm Hg above the participant’s self-estimation. Proportions are compared with χ2 and continuous variables are compared with two-tailed t tests.