Research Article
Persistence and Progression of Masked Hypertension: A 5-Year Prospective Study
Table 1
Description of the study population at baseline.
| | | Normotension | White coat hypertension | Masked hypertension | Sustained hypertension | |
| | Gender | | | | | <0.001 | | Women | 722 (75.4) | 12 (1.3) | 106 (11.1) | 118 (12.3) | | | Men | 386 (54.3) | 26 (3.7) | 126 (17.7) | 173 (24.3) | | | Age | | | | | <0.001 | | <40 | 321 (75.9) | 13 (3.07) | 57 (13.5) | 32 (7.6) | | | 40–49 | 583 (68.2) | 17 (2.0) | 115 (13.5) | 140 (16.4) | | | ≥50 | 204 (52.2) | 8 (2.1) | 60 (15.4) | 119 (30.4) | | | Education | | | | | 0.0209 | | Less than college | 287 (66.9) | 9 (2.1) | 43 (10.0) | 90 (21.0) | | | College | 340 (69.4) | 9 (1.8) | 72 (14.7) | 69 (14.1) | | | University | 481 (64.1) | 20 (2.7) | 117 (15.6) | 132 (17.6) | | | Sedentary behaviours | | | | | 0.6673 | | No | 950 (66.3) | 35 (2.4) | 201 (14.0) | 247 (17.3) | | | Yes | 153 (66.2) | 3 (1.3) | 31 (13.4) | 44 (19.1) | | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | | | | | <0.001 | | <25 | 589 (76.1) | 11 (1.4) | 93 (12.0) | 81 (10.5) | | | 25–26.9 | 196 (64.3) | 10 (3.3) | 45 (14.8) | 54 (17.7) | | | ≥27 | 319 (54.6) | 17 (2.9) | 93 (15.9) | 155 (26.5) | | | Family history of CVD | | | | | 0.0062 | | No | 760 (69.0) | 25 (2.3) | 146 (13.3) | 171 (15.5) | | | Yes | 314 (60.9) | 12 (2.3) | 77 (14.9) | 113 (21.9) | | | Alcohol intake | | | | | 0.0003 | | <1/week | 369 (68.1) | 15 (2.8) | 63 (11.6) | 95 (17.5) | | | 1–5/week | 503 (70.5) | 13 (1.8) | 89 (12.5) | 108 (15.2) | | | ≥6/week | 236 (57.2) | 10 (2.4) | 79 (19.1) | 88 (21.3) | | | Smoking status | | | | | 0.7179 | | No | 978 (66.7) | 34 (2.3) | 204 (13.9) | 250 (17.1) | | | Yes | 130 (64.3) | 4 (2.0) | 27 (13.4) | 41 (20.3) | |
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Missing values range from 0 to 3.8%. Sociodemographic variables (gender, age, and education) had no missing value.
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