Table 1 Demographic data by blood pressure group and by nationality and gender.
From: Under- treatment and under diagnosis of hypertension: a serious problem in the United Arab Emirates
Ethnicity | Numbers (N) | Blood pressure groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Life style risk factors | Normotensives | SR Hypertensives | Incident Hypertensives | ||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
Emirates | N | 36 | 34 | 56 | 60 | 20 | 13 |
Regular Exercise (%) | 36 | 44 | 32 | 38 | 80 | 77 | |
Cigarette Smoking (%) | 3 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 25 | 0 | |
Alcohol Consumption (%) | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
Non Gulf Arabs | N | 82 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 48 | 22 |
Regular Exercise (%) | 60 | 75 | 48 | 50 | 56 | 59 | |
Cigarette Smoking (%) | 22 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
Alcohol Consumption (%) | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Africans | N | 44 | 10 | 54 | 15 | 22 | 6 |
Regular Exercise (%) | 73 | 80 | 63 | 33 | 68 | 67 | |
Cigarette Smoking (%) | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
Alcohol Consumption (%) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
Asians | N | 109 | 52 | 82 | 29 | 61 | 9 |
Regular Exercise (%) | 68 | 65 | 57 | 41 | 67 | 56 | |
Cigarette Smoking (%) | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
Alcohol Consumption (%) | 17 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 23 | 0 | |
Caucasians | N | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
Regular Exercise (%) | 90 | 100 | 0 | 50 | 100 | 100 | |
Cigarette Smoking (%) | 20 | 22 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 33 | |
Alcohol Consumption (%) | 90 | 67 | 100 | 50 | 100 | 33 | |
Far East Asians | N | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Regular Exercise (%) | 0 | 80 | 75 | 60 | 100 | 0 | |
Cigarette Smoking (%) | 0 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
Alcohol Consumption (%) | 0 | 20 | 25 | 40 | 50 | 0 | |