Male (N (%)) Female (N (%))

Variables Groups
Normotensive Hypertensive Total Normotensive
Ethnic: White 677 (42.31%) 204 (52.85%) 881 (44.36%) 845 (44.78%)
Black 393 (24.56%) 94 (24.35%) 487 (24.52%) 540 (28.62%)
Hispanic 480 (30%) 78 (20.21%) 558 (28.10%) 443 (23.48%)
Other 50 (3.13%) 10 (2.59%) 60 (3.02%) 59 (3.13%)

History of Diabetes Yes 64 (4.00%) 31 (8.03%) 95 (4.78%) 68 (3.60%)

No 1,536 (96.00%) 355 (91.97%) 1,891 (95.22%) 1,819 (96.40%)

Age Group: 17-30 597 (37.31%) 20 (5.18%) 617 (31.07%) 680 (36.04%)
31-44 497 (31.06%) 85 (22.02%) 582 (29.31%) 651 (34.50%)
45-65 360 (22.50%) 147 (38.08%) 507 (25.53%) 418 (22.15%)
≥66 146 (9.13%) 134 (34.72%) 280 (14.10%) 138 (7.31%)

Metabolic Syndrome: Yes 251 (15.69%) 173 (44.82%) 424 (21.53%) 310 (16.43%)
No 1,349 (84.31%) 213 (55.18%) 1562 (78.65%) 1,577 (83.57%)

Dentins: Yes 827 (51.69%) 175 (45.34%) 1,002 (50.45%) 1,057 (56.01%)
No 773 (48.31%) 211 (54.66%) 984 (49.55%) 830 (43.99%)

Education Group: >12 years 580 (36.25%) 119 (30.83%) 699 (35.20%) 715 (37.89%)
12 years 494 (30.88%) 124 (32.12%) 618 (31.12%) 688 (36.46%)
<12 years 526 (32.88%) 143 (37.05%) 669 (33.69%) 484 (25.65%)

Poverty Quartile: 1 521 (32.56%) 146 (37.82%) 667 (33.59%) 617 (32.70%)
2 488 (30.50%) 120 (31.09%) 608 (30.61%) 565 (29.94%)
3 336 (21.00%) 79 (20.90%) 415 (20.90%) 402 (21.30%)
4 255 (15.94%) 41 (10.62%) 296 (14.90%) 303 (16.06%)

Periodontal Disease: Mild/No 1,380 (86.25%) 281 (72.80%) 1,661 (83.64%) 1,767 (93.64%)
Moderate 186 (11.63%) 81 (20.98%) 267 (13.44%) 105 (5.56%)
Severe 34 (2.13%) 24 (6.22%) 58 (2.92%) 15 (0.79%)

Heart Attack: Yes 39 (2.44%) 30 (7.77%) 69 (3.47%) 16 (0.85%)

No 1,561 (97.56%) 356 (92.23%) 1,917 (96.53%) 1,871 (99.15%)

Perceived General Health: Excellent 362 (22.63%) 58 (15.03%) 420 (21.15%) 360 (19.08%)
Very Good 485 (30.31%) 92 (23.83%) 577 (29.05%) 567 (30.05%)
Good 533 (33.31%) 147 (38.08%) 680 (34.24%) 681 (36.09%)
Fair 195 (12.19%) 74 (19.17%) 269 (13.54%) 254 (13.46%)
Poor 25 (1.56%) 15 (3.89%) 40 (2.01%) 25 (1.32%)

Perceived Oral Health: Excellent 172 (10.75%) 39 (10.10%) 211 (10.18%) 200 (10.60%)
Very Good 277 (17.31%) 46 (11.92%) 323 (16.26%) 323 (17.12%)
Good 525 (32.81%) 113 (29.27%) 638 (32.12%) 674 (35.72%)
Fair 429 (26.81%) 107 (27.72%) 536 (26.99%) 468 (24.80%)
Poor 197 (12.31%) 81 (20.98%) 278 (14.00%) 222 (11.76%)
Smoking Yes 520 (32.50%) 106 (27.46%) 626 (31.52%) 376 (19.93%)
No 1,080 (67.50%) 280 (72.54%) 1,360 (68.48%) 1,511 (80.07%)

BMI <25 715 (44.69%) 109 (28.24%) 824 (41.49%) 925 (49.02%)
25-29.9 624 (39.00%) 153 (39.64%) 777 (39.12%) 457 (24.22%)
≥30 261 (16.31%) 124 (32.12%) 385 (19.39%) 505 (26.76%)
 Total
Hypertensive Total Observations
178 (55.11%) 1,023 (46.29%) 1,904 (45.38%)
73 (22.60%) 613 (27.74%) 1,100 (26.22%)
64 (19.81%) 507 (22.94%) 1,065 (25.37%)
8 (2.48%) 67 (3.03%) 127 (3,03%)

33 (10.22%) 101 (4.57%) 196 (4.67%)

290 (89.78%) 2,109 (95.43%) 4,000(95.33%)

3 (0.93%) 683 (30.90%) 1,300 (30.98%)

42 (13.00%) 693 (31.36%) 1,275 (30.39%)
122 (37.77%) 540 (24.43%) 1,047 (24.95%)
156 (48.30%) 294 (13.30%) 574 (13.68%)

169 (52.32%) 479 (21.67%) 903 (21.52%)

154 (47,68%) 1,731 (78.33%) 3,293 (78.48%)

113 (34.98%) 1,170 (52.94%) 2,172 (51.76%)

210 (65.02%) 1,040 (47.06%) 2,024 (48.24%)

91 (28.17%) 806 (36.47%) 1,505 (35.87%)

130 (40.25%) 818 (31.12%) 1,436 (34.22%)
102 (31.58%) 586 (26.52%) 1,255 (29.91%)

107 (33.13%) 724 (32.76%) 1,391 (33.15%)

85 (26.32%) 650 (29.41%) 1,258 (29.98%)
86 (26.63%) 488 (22.08%) 903 (21.52%)
45 (13.93%) 348 (15.75%) 644 (15.35%)

254 (78.64%) 2,021 (91.45%) 3,682 (87.75%)

59 (18.27%) 164 (7.42%) 431 (10.27%)
10 (3.10%) 25 (1.13%) 83 (1.98%)

19 (5.88%) 35 (1.58%) 104 (2.48%)

304 (94.12%) 2,175 (98.42%) 4,092 (97.52%)

32 (9.91%) 392 (17.74%) 812 (19.35%)

87 (26.93%) 654 (29.59%) 1,231(29.34%)
115 (35.60%) 796 (36.02%) 1,476 (35.18%)
69 (21.36%) 323 (14.62%) 592 (20.17%)
20 (6.19%) 45 (2.04%) 85 (2.03%)

25 (7.74%) 225 (10.18%) 436 (10.39)

58 (17.24%) 381 (17.24%) 704 (16.78%)
109 (33.75%) 783 (35.43%) 1,421 (33.87%)
69 (21.36%) 537 (24.30%) 1,073 (25,57%)
62 (19.20%) 284 (12.85%) 562 (13.39%)
43 (13.31%) 419 (18.96%) 1045 (24.90%)
280 (86.69%) 1,791 (81.04%) 3,151 (75.10%)

87 (26.93%) 1,012 (45.79%) 1,836 (43.76%)

114 (35.29%) 571 (25.84%) 1,348 (32.13%)
122 (37.77%) 627 (28.37%) 1,012 (24.12%)