Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with hypertension who underwent bariatric surgery
Characteristics | Number (n) = 980 |
|---|---|
Age (years), median (IQR) | 48 (40–56) |
Female sex | 718 (73.6) |
Race/ethnicitya | |
 Non-Hispanic white | 512 (54.8) |
 Non-Hispanic black | 254 (27.2) |
 Hispanic | 142 (15.2) |
 Other | 26 (2.8) |
Primary insurance | |
 Medicare | 240 (24.5) |
 Medicaid | 108 (11.0) |
 Private | 560 (57.2) |
 Other | 71 (7.3) |
Quartiles for median household income of patient's ZIP code | |
 1 (lowest) | 301 (31.1) |
 2 | 265 (27.4) |
 3 | 235 (24.3) |
 4 (highest) | 167 (17.3) |
Season of bariatric surgery | |
 January–March | 204 (20.8) |
 April–June | 234 (23.9) |
 July–September | 281 (28.7) |
 October–December | 261 (26.6) |
State | |
 California | 600 (61.2) |
 Florida | 368 (37.6) |
 Nebraska | 12 (1.2) |