Urinary Bisphenol A and Hypertension in a Multiethnic Sample of US Adults

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study population*.

Characteristics	Whole cohort (𝑛=1380)
Age (years)	46.2 + 0.5
Female (%)	700 (49.6)
Race/Ethnicity (%)
Non-Hispanic Whites	748 (72.3)
Non-Hispanic Blacks	244 (9.8)
Mexican Americans and others	388 (17.8)
Education categories (%)
Below high school	395 (17.9)
High school	331 (25.3)
Above high school	654 (56.8)
Smoking (%)
Never smoker	691 (50.6)
Former smoker	373 (25.5)
Current smoker	316 (23.9)
Alcohol intake (%)
Non-drinker	544 (34.1)
Moderate drinker	528 (41.7)
Heavy drinker	308 (24.0)
Body mass index (BMI) (%)
Normal weight (<25 kg/m^2)	448 (35.0)
Overweight (25–30 kg/m^2)	475 (32.9)
Obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m^2)	457 (32.1)
Diabetes (%)	175 (10.0)
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	203.81±1.17
Hypertension (%)	580 (36.3)

*Data presented are number (percentages) or mean values ± standard error (SE), as appropriate for the variable.