High Prevalence and Low Awareness of Hypertension in a Market Population in Enugu, Nigeria

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population.

Parameter	All subjects	Male	Female	𝑃 value
	𝑁=688	𝑁=354	𝑁=334
Mean age (years	38.02±13.32	39.62±13.69	36.31±12.72	.001
Mean BMI (Kg/m^2)	26.05±5.03	25.14±4.01	27.00±5.77	<.001
Mean WC (cm)	86.48±13.82	85.64±12.16	87.34±15.01	.136
Mean WHR	0.88±0.08	0.90±0.08	0.86±0.08	<.001
Mean SBP (mmHg)	129.21±20.77	130.99±19.82	127.32±21.60	.020
Mean DBP (mmHg)	84.51±14.50	85.39±14.32	83.58±14.66	.102
Mean MAP (mmHg)	99.36±16.22	100.43±16.07	98.23±16.32	.075

Abbreviations. BMI: body mass index, WC: waist circumference, WHR: waist-hip-ratio, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, MAP: mean arterial pressure.