Table 3 Medians of systolic and diastolic blood pressures, fasting plasma glucose, total cholesterol and body mass index in adults aged 25–64 years, by sex and survey, Kalutara, Sri Lanka
From: Community intervention for cardiovascular disease risk factors in Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Risk Factor | Sex | First | Second | Decrease | P-value of | P-value of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Survey | Survey | Â | median | distribution |
| Â | Â | (2014) | (2017) | Â | differencea | differenceb |
Systolic blood | F | 119.5 | 118.0 | 1.50 | 0.0482 | 0.0068 |
pressure (mmHg) | M | 124.0 | 122.5 | 1.50 | 0.1415 | 0.2249 |
Diastolic blood | F | 73.0 | 70.0 | 3.00 | 0.0004 | 0.0023 |
pressure (mmHg) | M | 72.0 | 70.0 | 2.00 | 0.0314 | 0.1590 |
Fasting plasma | F | 5.89 | 5.23 | 0.29 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
glucose (mmol/L) | M | 5.89 | 5.30 | 0.30 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
Total | F | 5.35 | 4.76 | 0.59 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
cholesterol (mmol/L) | M | 5.33 | 4.84 | 0.49 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
Body mass | F | 24.6 | 25.5 | +0.98 | 0.0099 | 0.0160 |
index (kg/m2) | M | 23.1 | 23.2 | +0.13 | 0.8514 | 0.9387 |