Pattern of blood pressure distribution and prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension among adults in Northern Ethiopia: disclosing the hidden burden

Table 4 Coefficients of multiple linear regressions of SBP and DBP with age, sex and BMI of the study populations

Blood pressure	Predictors	Beta	p-value
Mean SBP of the population	Sex	1.897	0.046
	Age	6.757	0.001
	BMI	1.026	0.001
Mean DBP of the population	Sex	1.997	0.001
Mean DBP of the population	Age	1.957	0.001
	BMI	0.656	0.001

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