Table 1: Characteristics of female hotel room cleaners with resting blood pressure measures. Total sample (N = 846), main survey (N = 278) and

ambulatory blood pressure (ABP, N = 580) subsamples, Las Vegas, 2002

	Total Sample				Main Survey				ABP Study
Individual Characteristic	No.	%	Mean	S.D.	No.	%	Mean	S.D.	No.	%	Mean	S.D.
Age	843		41.9	9.7	276		42.4	9.9	579		41.5	9.6
20-39	330	39.2			102	37.0			230	39.7
40-59	484	57.4			164	59.4			329	56.8
≥ 60	29	3.4			10	3.6			20	3.5
Missing	3				2				1
Race/ Ethnicity
Mexican American	341	47.9			108	38.8			240	53.8
Other Hispanic	228	32.0			83	29.9			149	33.4
White, non-Hispanic	28	3.9			18	6.5			10	2.2
Black, non-Hispanic	32	4.5			12	4.3			20	4.5
Other	83	11.7			57	20.5			27	6.1
Missing	134				-				134
Born in the U.S.
Yes	96	13.6			44	16			52	9.0
No	609	86.4			231	84			390	67.2
Missing	141				3				138	23.8
Smoking status
No	621	86.9			227	81.7			405	90.2
Yes	94	13.1			51	18.4			44	9.8
Missing	131				-				131
BMI (kg/m^2)	701		28.2	5.3	271		27.3	5.2	442		28.7	5.3
Doctor's diagnosis of hypertension
Yes	172	24.5			70	25.7			104	23.6
No	529	75.5			202	74.3			336	76.4
Missing	145				6				140
Resting blood pressure (mmHg)
Systolic	846		123.0	16.9	278		126.4	19.1	580		121.5	15.6
Diastolic	846		77.3	10.5	278		78.5	11.8	580		76.8	9.7