Metabolic Alterations in Different Stages of Hypertension in an Apparently Healthy Nigerian Population
Table 1
Association of BP groups with gender and MS in traders.
Blood pressure classes
Metabolic syndrome
Total
Non-MS
MS
(%)
357 (66.9%)
177 (33.1%)
534 (100%)
Normotension
133 (93%)
10 (7.0%)
143 (100%)
137.3
<0.001†
Pre-HTN
153 (77.7%)
44 (22.3%)
197 (100%)
Stage 1 HTN
47 (41.2%)
67 (58.8%)
114 (100%)
Stage 2 HTN
24 (30%)
56 (70%)
80 (100%)
Gender
Male
Female
(%)
170 (31.8%)
364 (24.5%)
534 (100%)
Normotension
54 (31.8%)
89 (24.2%)
143 (26.8%)
25.1
<0.001†
Pre-HTN
80 (47.1%)
117 (32.1%)
197 (36.9%)
Stage 1 HTN
22 (12.9%)
92 (25.3%)
114 (21.3%)
Stage 2 HTN
14 (8.2%)
66 (18.1%)
80 (15.0%)
values are in number of participants with percentage in parenthesis, : number of participants, %: percentage, : probability, †: significant, non-MS: non-metabolic syndrome, MS: metabolic syndrome, HTN: hypertension, : chi-square test.
