Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants with hypertension vs. participants without hypertension.

		No hypertension		Hypertension
		N	Percentage	N	Percentage
Total		167105	80	46693	20
Age		40.89		56.07
Sex
	Men	74619	49	18,627	45
	Women	92486	51	28,066	55
Race/ethnicity
	Hispanics	31687	12	6,005	8
	Non-Hispanic white	107944	72	30,377	73
	Non-Hispanic black	20983	11	9,138	16
	Non-Hispanic other	6491	5	1,173	3
Education
	Less than high school	30042	16	12,088	22
	High school degree	46781	29	14,645	33
	More than high school	89317	55	19,634	45
	Missing	965	1	326	1
Income
	Low	25921	12	7,919	12
	Middle	83726	49	24,882	52
	High	57458	40	13,892	36
BMI
	<25	76423	46	11,926	25
	25- <30	55691	34	16,421	35
	≥30	29397	17	16,647	36
	Missing	5594	3	1,699	4
Physical activity
	Inactive	61276	34	21,802	44
	Insufficient activity	31286	19	9,298	20
	Sufficient activity	69210	43	14,222	33
	Missing	5333	3	1,371	3
Smoking status
	Never	94949	57	24,351	51
	Former	29891	18	12,691	28
	Current	41284	24	9,426	20
	Missing	981	1	225	0
Alcohol intake
	Never	37249	22	12,336	24
	Former	20156	12	9,351	19
	Current	107249	65	24,462	55
	Missing	2451	1	544	1