Research Article
Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Factors among the Outpatient Department in Akaki Kality Subcity Health Centers, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 3
Status of hypertension in the study populations, Akaki Kality, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018.
| Variable | Women, n (%) | Men, (n %) |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | | | <90 | 2 (0.9) | 0(0) | 90–139 | 205 (88.7) | 148 (87.1) | ≥140 | 24 (10.4) | 22 (12.9) | Mean | 120.88 | Median | 120 | Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | | | <60 | 0 | 0 | 60–89 | 209 (90.5) | 148 (87.1) | ≥90 | 22 (9.5) | 22 (12.9) | Mean | 79.87 | Median | 80 | Prevalence of hypertension | | | Total | 26 (11.3) | 30 (17.6) | Type of hypertension | | | Isolated systolic | 6 (2.6) | 4 (2.4) | Isolated diastolic | 4 (1.7) | 4 (2.4) | Stage of hypertension | | | Stage I | 15 (6.5) | 18 (10.6) | Stage II | 9 (3.9) | 10 (17) | Stage III (severe) | 2 (0.9) | 2 (1.2) |
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