Research Article
Sexual Dimorphism in Blood Pressure and Hypertension among Adult Parengi Porjas of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Table 2
Age-sex specific descriptive statistics of the subjects.
| Variables | Age group (years) | Males | Females | | | Mean | SD | | Mean | SD |
| Age (years) | (23–32) | 27 | 28.70 | 2.77 | 20 | 29.00 | 2.60 | −0.372 | (33–42) | 41 | 38.24 | 2.91 | 13 | 38.00 | 2.83 | 0.265 | (≥43) | 32 | 50.28 | 3.57 | 4 | 47.50 | 2.89 | 1.493 | | 100 | 360.827*** | 37 | 98.042*** | |
| SBP (mm/Hg) | (23–32) | 27 | 116.33 | 7.52 | 20 | 121.85 | 8.07 | −2.409* | (33–42) | 41 | 122.39 | 9.74 | 13 | 121.15 | 10.86 | 0.388 | (≥43) | 32 | 117.44 | 9.84 | 4 | 117.50 | 6.45 | −0.012 | | 100 | 4.332** | 37 | 0.386 | |
| DBP (mm/Hg) | (23–32) | 27 | 65.26 | 9.55 | 20 | 64.40 | 14.41 | 0.246 | (33–42) | 41 | 64.78 | 11.81 | 13 | 64.08 | 9.74 | 0.195 | (≥43) | 32 | 68.97 | 9.25 | 4 | 57.00 | 2.45 | 2.545* | | 100 | 1.608 | 37 | 0.632 | |
| MAP (mm/Hg) | (23–32) | 27 | 82.28 | 7.72 | 20 | 83.55 | 9.73 | −0.497 | (33–42) | 41 | 83.98 | 8.45 | 13 | 83.10 | 5.62 | 0.351 | (≥43) | 32 | 85.13 | 8.20 | 4 | 77.17 | 2.41 | 1.910 | | 100 | 0.888 | 37 | 1.077 | |
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*Significance at (<0.05); **(<0.01); and ***(<0.001).
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