Table 1 General characteristics of study subjects by ethnicity and gender
 | EA | AA | P-value | |||
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Characteristics | Male | Female | Male | Female | Ethnicity | Gender |
N | 113 | 122 | 79 | 106 | Â | Â |
Age (years) | 17.1±3.4 | 17.0±3.0 | 16.7±2.8 | 17.6±3.8 | NS | NS |
BMI (kg m−2)a | 23.2±5.9 | 22.3±4.6 | 23.1±4.7 | 24.5±5.6 | 0.028 | NS |
Height (cm)a | 172.0±12.1 | 161.8±7.4 | 172.1±10.2 | 162.7±5.9 | NS | <0.001 |
24-h SBP (mm Hg)a | 117.7±8.1 | 110.2±6.5 | 119.1±7.0 | 113.6±8.5 | 0.003 | <0.001 |
24-h DBP (mm Hg)a | 65.71±6.01 | 65.0±5.1 | 66.3±5.3 | 67.3±7.4 | 0.036 | NS |
Office SBP (mm Hg)a | 113.3±10.3 | 106.1±8.5 | 117.2±10.9 | 111.1±11.5 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Office DBP (mm Hg)a | 56.8±6.5 | 58.1±5.6 | 60.4±7.1 | 62.5±8.2 | <0.001 | 0.002 |
Stress SBP (mm Hg)a | 127.3±13.4 | 115.6±9.9 | 128.7±12.9 | 119.1±13.0 | 0.049 | <0.001 |
Stress DBP (mm Hg)a | 67.7±7.7 | 67.2±6.0 | 69.16±7.34 | 70.7±8.9 | 0.003 | NS |