Pattern of Blood Pressure Indices among the Residents of a Rural Community in South East Nigeria
Table 2
Clinical Characteristics of the hypertensive subjects by gender.
Variable
Men ()
Women ()
value
Proportion with hypertension (%)
50.2
44.8
0.223
Age (yrs)
62.6 (9.4)
60.6 (9.3)
0.046
Height (m)
1.62 (0.07)
1.53 (0.06)
<0.0001
Weight (kg)
58.4 (11.1)
57.2 (14.5)
0.38
Body Mass Index (Kg/m2)
22.2 (3.9)
24.3 (5.7)
<0.0001
Waist circumference (cm)
83.9 (9.7)
86.8 (13.6)
0.015
Waist to Hip ratio
0.9 (0.05)
0.88 (0.09)
0.002
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
156 (18.2)
159.2 (20.3)
0.269
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
91.3 (13.1)
91.4 (14.6)
0.942
Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L)
4.7 (1.9)
4.6 (1.3)
0.531
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)†
4.6 (1.0)
4.6 (0.7)
0.612
The sample sizes of the overall, men, and women groups for total cholesterol estimation were 292, 72, and 220 subjects, respectively. The remaining 106 subjects had low values (i.e., <3.88 mmol/L) based on the measuring range of the machine.
