Table 2 Prevalence systolic of hypertension by sex and age groups among the study subjects
Age groups (years) | Male | Female | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | N | Normal | Elevated | Stage 1 HTN | Stage 2 HTN | Normal | Elevated | Stage 1 HTN | Stage 2 HTN |
35–44 | 4020 | 1669 (90.6) | 84 (4.6) | 54 (2.9) | 35 (1.9) | 1924 (88.4) | 94 (4.3) | 91 (4.2) | 68 (3.1) |
45–54 | 3154 | 1125 (81.7) | 67 (4.9) | 99 (7.2) | 86 (6.2) | 1303 (73.3) | 128 (7.2) | 163 (9.2) | 183 (10.3) |
55–64 | 2329 | 678 (62) | 87 (8) | 154 (14.1) | 174 (15.9) | 728 (58.9) | 120 (9.7) | 161 (13) | 227 (18.4) |
65–74 | 569 | 112 (50.5) | 30 (13.5) | 36 (16.2) | 44 (19.8) | 178 (51.3) | 29 (8.4) | 54 (15.6) | 86 (24.8) |
Over 75 | 39 | 10 (34.5) | 3 (10.3) | 6 (20.7) | 10 (34.5) | 2 (20) | 0 (0) | 3 (30) | 5 (50) |
Total | 10,111 | 3594 (78.8) | 271 (5.9) | 349 (7.6) | 349 (7.6) | 4135 (74.5) | 371 (6.7) | 472 (8.5) | 569 (10.3) |
P value | – | χ2 = 533.64 | χ2 = 542.16 | ||||||
df = 12 | df = 12 | ||||||||
P ≤ 0.001 | P ≤ 0.001 | ||||||||