Prevalence of Hypertension in the Middle Belt of Ghana: A Community-Based Screening Study

Table 3

Prevalence of the different stages of hypertension among male and female subjects in the study area.

Stage of hypertension	Male	Female	Difference	value
Prehypertension	49.3	38.1	11.3	<0.001
Systolic hypertension	9.3	8.0	1.3	0.252
Diastolic hypertension	3.3	3.2	0.1	0.887
Stage 1 hypertension	18.5	14.0	4.6	0.002
Stage 2 hypertension	8.9	9.0	−0.1	0.951