High Blood Pressure Prevalence and Significant Correlates: A Quantitative Analysis from Coastal Karnataka, India

Table 2

Gender-wise prevalence of hypertension in the study population.

Hypertension	Males	Females	Total
	no. (%)	no. (%)	no. (%)
	n = 434	n = 805	n = 1239
Known cases	97 (22.4)	190 (23.6)	287 (23.2)
Newly detected cases	127 (29.3)	123 (15.3)	250 (20.2)
Total hypertension	224 (51.6)	313 (38.9)	537 (43.3)