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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2022 Mar 26;246:154–160.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.03.036

Table III.

Patient characteristics, pediatric nephrology clinic BP, and ABPM results at baseline grouped by white coat hypertension status

Patient
characteristics
Stable white coat
hypertension
(n = 71, 80%)
Intermittent white coat
hypertension
(n = 18, 20%)
P
value
Female 14 (20%) 6 (33%) .22
Age <12 y 11 (15%) 5 (28%) .3
Age 12-17 y 60 (85%) 13 (72%)
BMI z score 1.8 [0.7-2.2] 1.7 [0.9-2.0] .81
Obesity 39 (55%) 10 (56%) >.99
Height percentile 65.4 [34.6-87.3] 76.2 [70.1-94.1] .06
ADHD 5 (7%) 1 (6%) >.99
Family history of HTN 48 (70%) 13 (76%) .77
Family history of diabetes 20 (29%) 9 (53%) .09
Clinic auscultatory SBP index 1.05 [1.0-1.08] 0.92 [0.9-0.97] <.001
Clinic auscultatory DBP index 0.87 [0.79-0.96] 0.76 [0.72-0.85] .016
Clinic oscillometric SBP index 1.08 [1.03-1.14] 0.92 [0.9-0.97] <.001
Clinic oscillometric DBP index 0.91 [0.84-0.96] 0.87 [0.8-0.89] .09
ABPM wake SBP index 0.89 [0.85-0.92] 0.89 [0.87-0.91] .65
ABPM wake DBP index 0.83 [0.77-0.87] 0.83 [0.81-0.88] .30
ABPM sleep SBP index 0.88 [0.85-0.91] 0.89 [0.86-0.92] .54
ABPM sleep DBP index 0.83 [0.77-0.88] 0.83 [0.79-0.88] .65
Adequate SBP nocturnal dipping 47 (66%) 13 (72%) .78
Adequate DBP nocturnal dipping 63 (89%) 16 (89%) >.99

Median [IQR] or n (%).