Research Article

Hypertension Subtypes among Hypertensive Patients in Ibadan

Table 1

Basic characteristics of the population.

VariableFemale ()Male ()Total () value

Age (yrs)48.9 (8.29)47.2 (10.58)48.5 (8.92)<0.002
Weight (kg)70.7 (15.20)71.2 (14.15)70.9 (15.66)0.521
Height (m)1.6 (0.07)1.7 (0.07)1.61 (8.09)<0.001
Arm circumference (cm)29.1 (4.14)27.8 (3.12)28.8 (4.01)<0.001
Heart rate89.7 (16.42)85.9 (15.85)89.1 (18.61)<0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)161.6 (25.50)161.2 (24.15)161.8 (26.99)0.766
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)101.4 (14.07)100.6 (15.23)101.4 (15.80)0.338
Body mass index (kg/m2)28.1 (5.80)25.2 (4.80)29.13 (7.27)<0.001
BMI groups<0.001
 Normal376 (28.5)199 (49.8)575 (33.4)
 Overweight447 (33.9)140 (35.0)587 (34.1)
 Obese320 (24.2)52 (13.0)372 (21.6)
 Severe obesity177 (13.4)9 (2.3)186 (10.8)
Waist-to-height ratio0.708 (0.16)0.712 (0.14)0.709 (8.10)0.635
Abdominal obesity496 (35.1)42 (9.4)969 (51.6)<0.001

Statistically significant.