Blood Pressure-Lowering Mechanisms of the DASH Dietary Pattern

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of study participants.

Characteristics^1	All	Control	DASH
N	20	10	10
Age, yr	44.3±7.8	42.4±6.3	46.1±9.0 *
Female, n	13	6	7
Race, n
Caucasian	5	2	3
African American	14	8	6
Other	1	0	1
BMI, kg/m^2	33.9±6.6	36.9±6.1	31.0±5.9 *
Alcohol, serv./wk	1.0±2.3	1.1±2.7	0.9±1.9
SBP, mmHg (screening)	144.2±9.38	145.6±11.5	142.8±7.03
DBP, mmHg (screening)	88.5±6.03	88.2±5.68	88.8±6.67

¹Mean ± SD. *𝑃<0.05 comparing to the control group using t-test for continuous variables and the Fisher exact test for categorical data.