Research Article

The Burden of Blood-Pressure-Related Cardiovascular Mortality in Mexico

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample of Mexican individuals aged 50 and over, according to systolic blood pressure categories.

SBP category, mmHgSBP dichotomized, mmHg
SBP<120120–129130–139140–159160–179≥180<140≥140P
Mean ± SD (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)

Total10004 2098 (21.0)2501 (25.0)2234 (22.3)2132 (21.3)770 (7.7)269 (2.7)6833 (68.3)3171 (31.7)
Gender0.008
 Male4299 891 (20.7)1128 (26.2)978 (22.7)898 (20.9)307 (7.1)97 (2.3)2997 (69.7)1302 (30.3)
 Female5705 1207 (21.2)1373 (24.1)1256 (22.0)1234 (21.6)463 (8.1)172 (3.0)3836 (67.2)1869 (32.8)
Age, years<0.001
 50–594150 1077 (26.0)1150 (27.7)916 (22.1)707 (17.0)231 (5.6)69 (1.7)3143 (75.7)1007 (24.3)
 60–693005 543 (18.1)752 (25.0)685 (22.8)693 (23.1)251 (8.4)81 (2.7)1980 (65.9)1025 (34.1)
 70–791997 314 (15.7)406 (20.3)456 (22.8)525 (26.3)205 (10.3)91 (4.6)1176 (58.9)821 (41.1)
 80–89852 164 (19.2)193 (22.7)177 (20.8)207 (24.3)83 (9.7)28 (3.3)534 (62.7)318 (37.3)
BMI, kg/m2<0.001
 <252798 765 (27.3)742 (26.5)577 (20.6)482 (17.2)179 (6.4)53 (1.9)2084 (74.5)714 (25.5)
 25–29.93944 837 (21.2)998 (25.3)871 (22.1)856 (21.7)284 (7.2)98 (2.5)2706 (68.6)1238 (31.4)
 ≥303262 496 (15.2)761 (23.3)786 (24.1)794 (24.3)307 (9.4)118 (3.6)2043 (62.6)1219 (37.4)
Central obesity<0.0001
 No4276 1079 (25.2)1170 (27.4)941 (22.0)747 (17.5)270 (6.3)69 (1.6)3190 (74.6)1086 (25.4)
 Yes5728 1019 (17.8)1331 (23.2)1293 (22.6)1385 (24.2)500 (8.7)200 (3.5)3643 (63.6)2085 (36.4)
Alcohol0.065
 No5769 1202 (20.8)1420 (24.6)1276 (22.1)1215 (21.1)484 (8.4)172 (3.0)3898 (67.6)1871 (32.4)
 Yes4235 896 (21.2)1081 (25.5)958 (22.6)917 (21.7)286 (6.8)97 (2.3)2935 (69.3)1300 (30.7)
Smoking0.017
 No9125 1461 (20.5)1772 (24.8)1593 (22.3)1546 (21.7)563 (7.9)204 (2.9)4826 (67.6)2313 (32.4)
 Yes2865 637 (22.2)729 (25.4)641 (22.4)586 (20.5)207 (7.2)65 (2.3)2007 (70.1)858 (29.9)
Sedentariness<0.001
 No1924 453 (23.5)496 (25.8)442 (23.0)367 (19.1)131 (6.8)35 (1.8)1391 (72.3)533 (27.7)
 Yes764 142 (18.6)166 (21.7)178 (23.3)176 (23.0)79 (10.3)23 (3.0)486 (63.6)278 (36.4)
Diabetes <0.001
 No8491 1840 (21.7)2177 (25.6)1876 (22.1)1754 (20.7)626 (7.4)218 (2.6)5893 (69.4)2598 (30.6)
 Yes1513 258 (17.1)324 (21.4)358 (23.7)378 (25.0)144 (9.5)51 (3.4)940 (62.1)573 (37.9)

SBP: systolic blood pressure. BMI: body mass index. Central obesity: waist circumference >102 com in men and >88 cm in women.