Table 1.

Characteristics of low-, mid-, and high-risk BP groups

Parameters	Low (L) N= 144	Mid (M) N=83	High (H) N=119
Age (years)*	15.6 ± 1.5	15.9 ± 1.9	15.1 ± 1.8
Sex (% male)†	73 (50.69)	56 (67.47)	70 (58.82)
Race (% Caucasian)	95 (65.52)	50 (60.24)	72 (60.5)
Ethnicity (% Hispanic)	21 (14.48)	16 (19.28)	19 (15.97)
Height (cm)	168.2 ± 9.1	171.2 ± 11.2	168.0 ± 10.1
Weight (kg)‡	74.7 ± 22.8	87.2 ± 29.5	83.4 ± 24.9
BMI (kg/m2)‡	26.2 ± 6.8	29.4 ± 8.8	29.3 ± 7.6
Waist/Height ratio§	0.50 ± 0.10	0.53 ± 0.11	0.55 ± 0.11
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	151 ± 31	155 ± 36	156 ± 34
LDL (mg/dl)	85 ± 27	91 ± 30	92 ± 28
HDL (mg/dl)||	48 ± 12	43 ± 11.6	43 ± 12
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	93 ± 62	104 ± 61	99 ± 50
Glucose (mg/dl)§	88 ± 7	90 ± 11	91 ± 8
Insulin (microIU/dl)‡	17 ± 12	22 ± 15	23 ± 15
Creatinine (mg/dl)†	0.71 ± 0.13	0.77 ± 0.19	0.73 ± 0.17
Uric Acid (mg/dl)§	5.4 ± 1.6	5.8 ± 1.4	5.9 ± 1.5
CRP (mg/dl)	1.7 ± 2.3	1.6 ± 2.1	2.2 ± 2.5
Urine Na/K ratio	4.19 ± 3.02	4.23 ± 3.26	4.11 ± 2.70
K1 SBP (mmHg)#	111 ± 10	126 ± 6	133 ± 7
K5 DBP (mmHg)#	75 ± 10	82 ± 7	86 ± 9
MAP (mmHg)#	87 ± 6	97 ± 5	101 ± 7
SBP percentile CPG#	50.0 ± 27.2	86.0 ± 7.8	95.5 ± 3.3
DBP percentile CPG‡	73.4 ± 24.4	90.1 ± 10.1	92.3 ± 13.5
HR (bpm)	72 ± 12	69 ± 12	73 ± 13

Data is expressed as mean and standard deviation or frequency and percentage where appropriate. BMI, body mass index; CPG, 2017 AAP pediatric hypertension clinical practice guideline, CRP, C-reactive protein; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL, high density lipoprotein; HR, heart rate; K1, Korotkoff sound 1; K5, Korotkoff sound 5; LDL, low density lipoprotein; MAP, mean arterial pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.

P ≤ 0.05 for:

^*M>H

^†L<M

^‡L<M&H

^§L<H

^||L>M&H

^#L<M<H using Bonferroni correction.