Baseline Characteristics by Group
Facet Mindfulness
BLOOD, -11, HYPERTENSION
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; FFMQ, Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire; MAIA, Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness; MB-BP, Mindfulness-Based Blood Pressure Reduction; MET, metabolic equivalent of task.Participants who stated that they were races or ethnicities other than the described options self-identified as follows: in the MB-BP group, Asian/White mix, South Asian, Jewish, and English/Scottish. In the control group, Cape Verdean, Jewish, and did not further disclose.There were 2 participants in the control group missing education data, and 3 participants in the MB-BP group missing education data.Components of the DASH diet index were weighted and summed to a single dietary concordance score (range 0-11), with higher scores indicating greater DASH adherence.Perceived stress scale (PSS-10) scores range from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating higher perceived stress.FFMQ scores range from 39 to 195, with higher scores indicating greater mindfulness.MAIA scores range from 0 to 5, with higher scores indicating interoceptive awareness.The 6-dimension mean score excludes “not distracting” and “not worrying dimensions.”