Prevalence of Hypertension in a Tribal Land Locked Population at High Altitude

Table 3

Anthropometric characteristics of study participants.

	Mean ± SD	Median	95% confidence interval
Height (meters)
Male	1.65 ± 0.05	1.65	1.64–1.65
Female	1.57 ± 0.04	1.57	1.56–1.57
Total	1.62 ± 0.06	1.62	1.62–1.63
Weight (kilograms)
Male	56.26 ± 7.51	56.00	55.36–57.16
Female	50.32 ± 7.02	48.60	49.10–51.53
Total	54.32 ± 7.86	53.00	53.55–55.09
Body mass index (kilograms/m^2)
Male	20.80 ± 2.73	20.68	20.47–21.13
Female	20.41 ± 2.42	19.56	19.99–20.83
Total	20.67 ± 2.64	20.44	20.41–20.93
Systolic blood pressure (mm of Hg)
Male	124.56 ± 17.44	124.00	122.47–126.65
Female	115.82 ± 14.03	115.00	113.39–118.24
Total	121.71 ± 16.89	120.00	120.05–123.36
Diastolic blood pressure (mm of Hg)
Male	76.68 ± 10.45	76.00	75.43–77.93
Female	73.31 ± 8.83	73.00	71.79–74.84
Total	75.58 ± 10.07	75.00	74.59–76.57