Research Article
High Rate of Obesity-Associated Hypertension among Primary Schoolchildren in Sudan
Table 2
Gender and family history of hypertension by blood pressure category.
| Characteristic | Normotensive (%) | Prehypertension (%) | Hypertension (%) |
| Gender | | | | Male | 59 (86.8) | 2 (2.9) | 7 (10.3) | Female | 215 (91.1) | 13 (5.5) | 8 (3.4) |
| Family History | | | | Positive | 55 (85.9) | 3 (4.7) | 6 (9.4) | Negative | 219 (91.3) | 12 (5.0) | 9 (3.7) |
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