Table 1.

Demographic data by blood pressure group and by nationality and gender.

Ethnicity	Numbers (N)	Blood pressure groups
	Life style risk factors	Normotensives		SR Hypertensives		Incident Hypertensives
		M	F	M	F	M	F
Emirates	N	36	34	56	60	20	13
	Regular Exercise (%)	36	44	32	38	80	77
	Cigarette Smoking (%)	3	0	18	2	25	0
	Alcohol Consumption (%)	3	0	5	3	5	0
Non Gulf Arabs	N	82	33	29	12	48	22
	Regular Exercise (%)	60	75	48	50	56	59
	Cigarette Smoking (%)	22	13	24	0	27	0
	Alcohol Consumption (%)	0	9	3	0	0	0
Africans	N	44	10	54	15	22	6
	Regular Exercise (%)	73	80	63	33	68	67
	Cigarette Smoking (%)	20	0	20	0	14	0
	Alcohol Consumption (%)	2	0	2	0	9	0
Asians	N	109	52	82	29	61	9
	Regular Exercise (%)	68	65	57	41	67	56
	Cigarette Smoking (%)	18	0	17	0	21	0
	Alcohol Consumption (%)	17	0	17	3	23	0
Caucasians	N	10	9	1	2	10	3
	Regular Exercise (%)	90	100	0	50	100	100
	Cigarette Smoking (%)	20	22	100	0	0	33
	Alcohol Consumption (%)	90	67	100	50	100	33
Far East Asians	N	0	5	4	5	2	0
	Regular Exercise (%)	0	80	75	60	100	0
	Cigarette Smoking (%)	0	0	25	20	0	0
	Alcohol Consumption (%)	0	20	25	40	50	0

Note: Incident hypertensives are self-reported normotensives with high blood pressure.