Research Article
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypertension among Male Occupational Bus Drivers in North Kerala, South India: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 6
Prevalence of hypertension among subjects according to WHO categories of BMI.
| WHO category of BMI (kg/m2) | Number of subjects, (%) | Normal BP, (%) | Prehypertension, (%) | Hypertension, (%) |
| <18.5 | 11 (6.1%) | 6 (54.5%) | 5 (45.5%) | 0 (0%) | 18.5–24.99 | 130 (72.6%) | 22 (16.9%) | 56 (43.1%) | 52 (40.0%) | 25–29.99 | 34 (19.0%) | 2 (5.9%) | 13 (38.2%) | 19 (55.9%) | ≥30 | 4 (2.2%) |
0 (0.0%) | 1 (25.0%) | 3 (75.0%) |
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BMI: body mass index.
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