Research Article

A Comparison on Prevalence of Hypertension and Related Risk Factors between Island and Rural Residents of Dalian City, China

Table 3

Weighted prevalence of hypertension stratified by age and sex [% (95% CI)].

IslandRural
MalesFemalesTotalMalesFemalesTotal

Age (years)
40-4959.7 (47.5-71.7)34.1 (30.0-38.4)47.7 (44.7-50.7)52.7 (44.8-60.5)47.6  (43.9-51.4)50.6 (48.2-53.0)
50-5961.7 (52.7-70.2)53.6 (49.7-57.4)56.6 (53.5-59.6)63.0 (57.9-68.0)64.4 (61.4-67.3)63.9† (61.6-66.1)
60-6961.2 (55.5-66.7)62.8 (58.5-66.9)61.2 (55.5-66.7)63.9 (60.3-67.5)71.4 (68.5-74.1)63.9† (60.3-67.5)
70-7960.8 (53.0-68.3)65.8 (58.8-72.4)63.6 (58.4-68.5)72.1 (67.4-76.5)77.7 (73.6-81.4)75.1† (72.0-78.0)
80-9978.3 (63.6-89.1)72.7 (57.2-85.0)75.6 (65.4-84.0)69.8 (60.6-78.0)76.8 (65.1-86.1)73.6 (67.7-78.9)
Total61.2 (58.7-63.7)48.8 (46.2-51.5)55.2 (53.3-57.0)61.3 (59.5-63.0)62.6 (60.6-64.5)61.9† (60.5-63.2)

P<0.05 vs. Males; † P<0.05 vs. Island.