Blood Pressure and Its Association with Gender, Body Mass Index, Smoking, and Family History among University Students

Table 3

Details regarding both gender differences and the difference in each BMI category with hypertension status.

	Gender		BMI category
	Male (%)	Female (%)	<18.5	18.5–24.9	25–29.9	30–34.9
Hypertension Status
Non-Hypertensive	65	194	30	184	44	1
	25.1%	74.9%	11.6%	71.0%	17.0%	0.4%
Stage 1 hypertension	74	104	14	109	44	11
	41.6%	58.4%	7.9%	61.2%	24.7%	6.2%
Stage 2 hypertension	49	19	1	42	20	5
	72.1%	27.9%	1.5%	61.8%	29.4%	7.4%