Research Article
The Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Risk Factors among Secondary School Teachers in Bahir Dar City Administration, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 2
Distribution and classification of blood pressure in the study population, Bahir Dar, northwest Ethiopia, January 2020 (n = 222).
| Variables | Category | Frequency | Percent |
| SBP | <90 mmHg (hypotensive) | 2 | 0.9 | 90–119.99 mmHg (normal) | 107 | 48.2 | 120–139.99 (prehypertensive) | 72 | 32.4 | ≥140 mmHg (hypertensive) | 41 | 18.5 | Mean systolic | 122.23 |
| DBP | <60 mmHg (hypotensive) | 1 | 0.4 | 60–79 mmHg (normal) | 97 | 43.7 | 80–89.99 (prehypertensive) | 75 | 33.8 | ≥90 mmHg (hypertensive) | 49 | 22.1 | Mean diastolic | 81.75 |
| Magnitude of hypertension | Controlled hypertension (by taking antihypertensive drugs) | 6 | 2.7 | Hypertensive by physical measurement | 59 | 26.58 | Total | 65 | 29.28 |
| Isolated BP-values | Isolated systolic hypertension | 10 | 4.5 | Isolated diastolic hypertension | 18 | 8.1 | Total | 28 | 12.6 |
| Stages of hypertension | Stage I | 48 | 21.62 | Stage II | 11 | 4.95 | Total | 59 | 26.57 |
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