[Retracted] A Joint Model for Unbalanced Nested Repeated Measures with Informative Drop-Out Applied to Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Data

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the pediatric participants ().

Characteristics	No. of children	Mean (SD) or %
Age at baseline (in years)	178	10.45 (2.21)
BMI at baseline (-score)	178	0.85 (1.19)
Race (white)	178	61%
Gender (male)	178	48%
Experimental group
Control	61	34%
Mild	61	34%
Severe	56	31%

BMI: body mass index; Baseline defined as visit A; -scores were computed according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts.