BP measurement. The multiple measurements enabled the use of a long-term average to increase accuracy7. There were differences in anthropometric and BP values at the first visit among the race/ethnicity groups (Table 1): African Americans and Latinos had the highest BMI, while South Asians had the lowest, although this group was on average the youngest. Untreated systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were highest in African Americans followed by non-Hispanic whites; South Asians had lower values (Figure 2). Untreated BPs were higher in males than females across groups, as also found previously25.
