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Published in final edited form as: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2022 Apr 11;32(7):1681–1692. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2022.04.002

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of GenSalt and BHS participants.

	GenSalt Study		BHS (N=1,249)

	Salt-Sensitive (N=50)	Salt-Resistant (N=50)

Age, years, mean (SD)	51.8 (6.45)	42.2 (10.6)	48.2 (5.28)
Male, n (%)	23 (46%)	26 (52%)	515 (41%)
Race, n (%)
Asian	50 (100%)	50 (100%)	0 (0%)
White	0 (0%)	0 (0 %)	822 (66%)
Black	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	427 (34%)
Current Drinking, n (%)	15 (30%)	6 (12%)	696 (56%)
Physical Activity, MET-hours per day, mean (SD)	20.6 (12.0)	18.4 (11.7)	12.0 (10.9)
Obesity, n (%)	8 (16%)	9 (18%)	644 (52%)
Hypertension, n (%)	45 (90%)	11 (22%)	775 (62%)
Anti-hypertension medication, n (%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	433 (35%)

BHS: Bogalusa Heart Study; SD: standard deviation; MET: metabolic equivalent