Table 7.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics by BP Control Goals Among Target Population with CKD and Hypertension

	JNC8		ACC/AHA
	BP < 140/90 mm Hg	BP ≥ 140/90 mm Hg	BP < 130/80 mm Hg	BP ≥ 130/80 mm Hg
No.	342	635	205	772
Age, y
18-44	17.1%	14.7%	17.2%	15.1%
45-64	44.4%	49.4%	48.2%	47.6%
≥65	38.6%	36.0%	34.6%	37.3%
Female sex	53.2%	46.0%	55.3%	46.8%
Income ≤ $20,000	52.4%	53.8%	54.4%	53.1%
Education < high school	38.8%	38.8%a	38.8%	38.8%
Health insurance	77.7%	65.6%a	75.8%	68.2%
Diabetes	67.2%	50.2%a	67.4%	53.2%a
BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2	61.6%	58.4%	60.8%	59.1%
Hispanic/Latino background
Mexican American	29.1%	24.6%	30.7%	25.0%
Cuban American	28.3%	29.1%	31.1%	28.4%
Puerto Rican	27.2%	24.0%	25.6%	24.9%
Dominican	8.8%	8.9%	6.9%	9.3%
Central American	3.3%	6.9%a	2.8%	6.4%a
South American	2.5%	3.2%	1.7%	3.2%
Other	0.7%	3.4%a	1.3%	2.8%
Spanish language preference	79.1%	85.4%	78.0%	84.5%
US born	18.6%	10.6%a	20.0%	11.7%
Living in the US > 10 y	86.1%	79.6%	80.2%	82.0%
eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2	76.4%	82.3%	75.4%	81.4%
Albuminuria	51.1 [17.0-139.1]	69.9 [38.8-220.3]	50.7 [15.9-136.9]	68.0 [35.6-197.5]
Hypertension awareness, yes	85.1%	74.5%a	80.2%	77.4%
No. of antihypertensives	1.9	1.2a	1.9	1.3a
Diuretics	48.9%	28.5%a	44.4%	33.2%a
RAAS blockade	25.0%	14.1%a	23.8%	16.3%

Note: Values for categorical variables are given as percentage; values for continuous variables, as mean or median [interquartile range].

Abbreviations: ACC/AHA, American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; CKD chronic kidney disease; eGFR, estimated glomerulsr filtration rate; JNC, Eighth Joint National Committee; RAAS, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system; US, United States.

^aP < 0.05.