Comparison of the Hopkins Lupus Cohort with the NHANES sample regarding mean systolic (SBP) and mean diastolic blood pressure (DBP) from 2001 to 2008 by age and ethnicity.
| Sex | Ethnicity | Age, yrs | Mean (SE) SBP, mmHg | p | Mean (SE) DBP, mmHg | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohort | NHANES | Cohort | NHANES | |||||
| Female | 18–39 | 117.9 (0.5) | 109 (0.3) | < 0.0001 | 71.1 (0.4) | 68 (0.3) | < 0.0001 | |
| White | 40–59 | 122.4 (0.6) | 120 (0.5) | 0.002 | 71.7 (0.4) | 74 (0.4) | < 0.0001 | |
| 60+ | 132.1 (1.2) | 138 (0.6) | < 0.0001 | 70.7 (0.7) | 67 (0.4) | < 0.0001 | ||
| 18–39 | 121.7 (0.7) | 114 (0.5) | < 0.0001 | 74.4 (0.5) | 69 (0.4) | < 0.0001 | ||
| African American | 40–59 | 129.5 (0.8) | 128 (0.9) | 0.21 | 76.4 (0.4) | 75 (0.6) | 0.052 | |
| 60+ | 134.6 (1.8) | 144 (1.2) | < 0.0001 | 75.1 (1.1) | 70 (0.5) | < 0.0001 | ||
| Male | 18–39 | 125.7 (2.1) | 118 (0.3) | 0.0003 | 73.3 (1.7) | 70 (0.3) | 0.056 | |
| White | 40–59 | 127.5 (1.5) | 124 (0.5) | 0.027 | 76.3 (0.9) | 76 (0.3) | 0.75 | |
| 60+ | 135.7 (4.1) | 132 (0.6) | 0.37 | 75.6 (2.3) | 69 (0.4) | 0.0047 | ||
| 18–39 | 130.8 (2.2) | 121 (0.4) | < 0.0001 | 77.3 (2.6) | 71 (0.4) | 0.017 | ||
| African American | 40–59 | 133.4 (2.6) | 129 (0.8) | 0.11 | 79.1 (1.6) | 79 (0.6) | 0.95 | |
| 60+ | 143.2 (9.5) | 137 (0.9) | 0.52 | 81.3 (7.9) | 71 (0.9) | 0.20 | ||
NHANES: National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey; SE: standard error.