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Table 1 Characteristics of overall participants according to hypertension status in NHANES, 2009–2018. (N = 21,800)

From: The association of periodontal disease and oral health with hypertension, NHANES 2009–2018

Variables

Non-hypertension

Hypertension

p-value

No. of participants

10,783(49.46)

11,017(50.54)

 

Age, y, mean (SE)

47.95(0.24)

59.04(0.21)

< 0.001

Sex, N (%)

  

0.015

 Male

5140(46.74)

5412(48.93)

 

 Female

5643(53.26)

5606(51.07)

 

Race/ethnicity, N(%)

  

< 0.001

 Mexican American

1753(9.21)

1283(5.90)

 

 Other Hispanic

1193(6.14)

1060(4.90)

 

 Non-Hispanic White

4363(67.38)

4469(68.23)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

1742(8.35)

2964(13.68)

 

Other Race-Including

Multi-Racial

1732(8.91)

1241(7.29)

 

Smoking, N(%)

  

< 0.001

 Yes

4520(42.01)

5398(49.76)

 

 No

6263(57.99)

5619(50.24)

 

Periodontal disease, N(%)

  

< 0.001

 Yes

1905(16.47)

2178(19.92)

 

 No

8878(83.53)

8839(80.08)

 

Oral Health, N(%)

  

< 0.001

 Excellent/Very good

3584(40.87)

3185(34.83)

 

 Good

3779(34.00)

3757(34.00)

 

 Fair

2374(17.53)

2620(19.91)

 

 Poor

1046(7.60)

1455(11.27)

 

Education, N(%)

  

< 0.001

 <High school

2374(13.77)

2923(17.13)

 

 High school

2147(19.45)

2669(25.11)

 

 >High school

6252(66.74)

5407(57.66)

 

 Missing

10(0.01)

18(0.11)

 

BMI, N(%)

  

< 0.001

 < 18.5

232(1.83)

312(2.41)

 

 18.5 ~ 24.9

3330(31.28)

1949(16.17)

 

 25 ~ 29.9

3757(35.15)

3450(31.41)

 

 ≥ 30

3440(31.51)

5286(49.83)

 

 Missing

24(0.23)

20(0.18)

 

Sleep duration, N(%)

  

< 0.001

 < 7

7679(68.23)

7672(67.52)

 

 7 ~ 9

2737(28.93)

2747(27.53)

 

 > 9

367(2.84)

598(4.95)

 

Alcohol consumption, N(%)

  

< 0.001

 No drinks

337(3.07)

615(4.87)

 

 ≤ 1 drink/week

4745(45.21)

4039(39.46)

 

 > 1 drink/week

2145(25.24)

2072(23.82)

 

 Missing

3556(26.48)

4291(31.84)

 

Physical activity, N(%)

  

< 0.001

 Inactive

4390(44.76)

3976(41.37)

 

 Active

6384(55.20)

7037(58.62)

 

 Missing

9(0.05)

4(0.01)

 

Total cholesterol, mg/dl, mean (SE)

197.71(0.67)

195.03(0.80)

< 0.001

Triglyceride, mg/dl, mean (SE)

146.27(1.85)

172.62(1.90)

< 0.001

Creatinine, mg/dl, mean (SE)

0.85(0.00)

0.95(0.01)

< 0.001

HDL, mg/dl, mean (SE)

55.11(0.31)

52.64(0.29)

< 0.001

HbA1c, mg/dl, mean (SE)

5.55(0.01)

5.98(0.01)

< 0.001

Sodium, mg, mean (SE)

3575.03(25.86)

3476.48(25.77)

< 0.001

Fat, g, mean (SE)

85.55(0.66)

81.87(0.63)

< 0.001

History of CVD, N(%)

  

< 0.001

 Yes

537(4.31)

2257(17.90)

 

 No

10,218(95.53)

8681(81.54)

 

 Missing

28(0.16)

79(0.55)

 

Diabetes, N(%)

  

< 0.001

 Yes

874(5.79)

2872(21.86)

 

 No

732(6.93)

1232(12.00)

 

 Missing

9177(87.28)

6913(66.14)

 
  1. All N are analytic sample N
  2. SE, standard error of mean
  3. All % and mean (SE) are weighted in order to represent the USA population
  4. BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, glycohemoglobin A1c;
  5. HDL, high-density lipoprotein