Research Article

Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension and Its Associated Risk Factors: Results from Baseline Survey of SWADES Family Cohort Study

Table 1

Mean blood pressure in different groups in the SWADES cohort (in mmHg).

Population subgroupsMean systolic BP (s.d.)Mean diastolic BP (s.d.)

Total population132.6 (20.3)83.1 (12.3)
Normotensive participants127.9 (17.9)82 (11.8)
Hypertensive participants141.9 (21.6)85.3 (13.0)
Previously diagnosed and on treatment142.8 (21.3)83.1 (11.8)
Newly diagnosed hypertensive155.5 (14.7)100.7 (10.8)

s.d.: standard deviation.