Management of Hypertension in the Elderly Patient at Abidjan Cardiology Institute (Ivory Coast)

Table 4

Change in blood pressure by gender.

	Blood pressure (mmHg)	Male	Female	P
	SBP	171 ± 28.6	168.3 ± 28.3	0.28
First presentation	DBP	95 ± 16.3	95.4 ± 15.3	0.39
	PP	76 ± 23.3	72.9 ± 22.3	0.24
	SBP	155.4 ± 27.1	152.2 ± 25.4	0.88
Last presentation	DBP	87.9 ± 14.9	86.5 ± 13.9	0.89
	PP	67.4 ± 19.5	65.7 ± 20.2	0.03
Control rate		39.2	45.0	0.88

DBP: Diastolic blood pressure, PP: Pulse pressure, SBP: Systolic blood pressure.