TABLE 1.

Demographics of overall sample

Characteristic	Non‐Hypertension, N = 3156 a	Hypertension, N = 1409 a
Age in years at screening	40.0 (14.9) b	53.8 (12.1) b
Gender
Male	1467 (46.5%)	715 (50.7%)
Female	1689 (53.5%)	694 (49.3%)
Race/Hispanic origin
Non‐Hispanic White	933 (29.6%)	417 (29.6%)
Mexican American	543 (17.2%)	144 (10.2%)
Other Hispanic	328 (10.4%)	127 (9.0%)
Non‐Hispanic Black	643 (20.4%)	466 (33.1%)
Non‐Hispanic Asian	536 (17.0%)	176 (12.5%)
Other race	173 (5.5%)	79 (5.6%)
Sustained marijuana use
Yes	650 (26.4%)	217 (29.7%)
No	1813 (73.5%)	514 (70.3%)
Don't Know	2 (.1%)	0 (.0%)

^a n (%).

^b Mean (SD).