Table 1: Demographic Characteristics by Blood Pressure Group
level Don't know No Yes p test
n 31 16791 8975
HsCRP (mean (SD)) 4.00 (4.66) 3.36 (6.39) 5.19 (10.50) <0.001
Age (mean (SD)) 55.23 (20.39) 42.07 (18.46) 60.36 (14.68) <0.001
Gender (%) Female 12 (38.7) 8878 (52.9) 4617 (51.4) 0.028
Male 19 (61.3) 7913 (47.1) 4358 (48.6)
Race (%) Mexican American 1 ( 3.2) 2508 (14.9) 859 ( 9.6) <0.001
Non-Hispanic Asian 0 ( 0.0) 2034 (12.1) 747 ( 8.3)
Non-Hispanic Black 1 ( 3.2) 2925 (17.4) 2325 (25.9)
Non-Hispanic White 18 (58.1) 6541 (39.0) 3691 (41.1)
Other Hispanic 9 (29.0) 1885 (11.2) 897 (10.0)
Other Race - Including Multi-Racial 2 ( 6.5) 898 ( 5.3) 456 ( 5.1)
Poverty.Ratio (mean (SD)) 1.54 (1.31) 2.63 (1.65) 2.55 (1.61) <0.001
BMI (mean (SD)) 28.29 (4.60) 28.35 (7.01) 31.72 (7.59) <0.001
Waist (mean (SD)) 99.34 (14.00) 95.82 (16.67) 106.67 (16.37) <0.001
Diabetes (%) Borderline 1 ( 3.2) 322 ( 1.9) 410 ( 4.6) <0.001
Don't know 0 ( 0.0) 11 ( 0.1) 3 ( 0.0)
No 18 (58.1) 15382 (91.6) 6068 (67.6)
Yes 12 (38.7) 1076 ( 6.4) 2494 (27.8)
Kidney.Disease (%) Don't know 1 ( 3.2) 16 ( 0.1) 23 ( 0.3) <0.001
No 28 (90.3) 14339 (98.4) 8150 (91.7)
Yes 2 ( 6.5) 224 ( 1.5) 717 ( 8.1)
Smoking (%) Don't know 0 ( 0.0) 7 ( 0.0) 7 ( 0.1) <0.001
No 13 (41.9) 10019 (64.2) 4621 (51.7)
Refused 0 ( 0.0) 2 ( 0.0) 4 ( 0.0)
Yes 18 (58.1) 5579 (35.7) 4302 (48.2)
Cholesterol (mean (SD)) 4.99 (0.98) 4.79 (1.06) 4.77 (1.11) 0.133
HDLC (mean (SD)) 48.30 (17.97) 54.16 (15.46) 52.83 (16.23) <0.001
HbA1c (mean (SD)) 6.66 (1.64) 5.58 (0.93) 6.17 (1.27) <0.001