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Table 1 Characteristics of study population

From: Measurement of blood pressure for the diagnosis and management of hypertension in different ethnic groups: one size fits all

 

Not known to be hypertensive

Diagnosed hypertensive

All

 

WB

SA

AC

All

WB

SA

AC

All

n

98

55

58

211

148

92

100

340

551

Age

59.4 (9.4)

53.6 (8.9)

51.7 (8.6)

55.8 (9.7)

64.4 (7.3)

60.0 (8.5)

59.4 (9.0)

61.8 (8.5)

59.5 (9.4)

Male

43 (43.9)

30 (54.6)

26 (44.8)

99 (46.9)

83 (56.1)

56 (60.9)

39 (39.0)

178 (52.4)

277 (50.3)

Married/Cohabiting

68 (69.4)

46 (83.6)

33 (56.9)

147 (69.7)

88 (59.5)

85 (92.4)

30 (30.0)

203 (59.7)

350 (63.5)

Employed or F.T. Student or Housewife/husband

44 (44.9)

43 (78.2)

41 (70.7)

128 (60.7)

34 (23.0)

45 (48.9)

38 (38.0)

117 (34.4)

245 (44.5)

Deprivation

34.7 (15.6)

40.8 (19.6)

50.9 (13.7)

40.7 (17.5)

36.4 (17.7)

41.7 (16.5)

49.1 (15.7)

41.5 (17.6)

41.2 (17.6)

Smoker

15 (15.3)

2 (3.6)

4 (6.9)

21 (10.0)

28 (18.9)

4 (4.4)

17 (17.0)

49 (14.4)

70 (12.7)

Alcohol

         

 Non-drinker

32 (32.7)

40 (72.7)

34 (58.6)

107 (50.2)

55 (37.2)

68 (73.9)

59 (59.0)

182 (53.5)

288 (52.3)

 Mild/Moderate drinker

44 (44.9)

14 (25.5)

20 (34.5)

78 (37.0)

66 (44.6)

19 (20.7)

37 (37.0)

122 (35.9)

200 (36.3)

 Heavy drinker

22 (22.5)

1 (1.8)

4 (6.9)

27 (12.8)

27 (18.2)

5 (5.4)

4 (4.0)

36 (10.6)

63 (11.4)

BMI

27.8 (4.3)

27.0 (3.1)

29.7 (6.2)

28.1 (4.7)

30.1 (4.8)

28.9 (3.8)

30.5 (5.3)

29.9 (4.7)

29.2 (4.8)

 Normal (19–25)

26 (26.5)

12 (21.8)

8 (13.8)

46 (21.8)

20 (13.5)

14 (15.2)

18 (18.0)

52 (15.3)

98 (17.8)

 Overweight

46 (46.9)

36 (65.5)

28 (48.3)

110 (52.1)

58 (39.2)

45 (48.9)

28 (28.0)

131 (38.5)

241 (43.7)

 Very overweight

26 (26.5)

7 (12.7)

22 (37.9)

55 (26.1)

70 (47.3)

33 (35.9)

54 (54.0)

157 (46.2)

212 (38.5)

High Cholesterol

14 (14.3)

19 (34.6)

9 (15.5)

42 (19.9)

72 (48.7)

45 (48.9)

28 (28.0)

145 (42.7)

187 (33.9)

Cardiovascular Disease

9 (9.2)

6 (10.9)

3 (5.2)

18 (8.5)

42 (28.4)

16 (17.4)

13 (13.0)

71 (20.9)

89 (16.2)

Diabetes

3 (3.1)

7 (12.7)

2 (3.5)

12 (5.7)

22 (14.9)

34 (37.0)

22 (22.0)

78 (22.9)

90 (16.3)

Chronic Kidney Disease

4 (4.1)

1 (1.8)

6 (10.3)

11 (5.2)

12 (8.1)

4 (4.4)

13 (13.0)

29 (8.5)

40 (7.3)

  1. Numbers are Mean (SD) for continuous variables and Number (Percentage) for categorical variables, Index of Multiple Deprivation 2007 score
  2. WB White British, SA South Asian, AC African Caribbean