Table 4.
Distribution of participants according to blood pressure, serum glucose and cholesterol levels
| Participants, No. (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Risk factor | men | women | total |
| Blood pressure in participants: | |||
| known to be normotensive: | 281 (43.4) | 367 (56.6) | 648 (76.2) |
| normal | 40 (14.3) | 98 (26.5) | 138 (21.3) |
| pre-hypertension | 143 (50.9) | 112 (30.6) | 255 (39.4) |
| stage I hypertension | 56 (19.9) | 78 (21.3) | 134 (20.7) |
| stage II hypertension | 42 (14.9) | 79 (21.6) | 121 (18.7) |
| known to be hypertensive: | 82 (40.6) | 120 (59.4) | 202 (23.8) |
| normal | 7 (8.6) | 8 (6.6) | 15 (7.4) |
| pre-hypertension | 11(13.4) | 5 (4.2) | 16 (7,9) |
| stage I hypertension | 11(13.4) | 14 (11.7) | 25 (12.4) |
| stage II hypertension | 53 (64.6) | 93 (77.5) | 146 (72.3) |
| Fasting blood glucose in participants: | |||
| known to have normal glucose: | 352 (43.3) | 460 (56.7) | 812 (95.5) |
| <126 mg/dL | 320 (90.9) | 422 (91.7) | 742 (91.4) |
| ≥126 mg/dL | 32 (9.1) | 38 (8.3) | 70 (8.6) |
| known to be diabetic: | 11 (28.9) | 27 (71.1) | 38 (4.5) |
| <126 mg/dL | 6 (54.5) | 16 (59.3) | 22 (57.9) |
| ≥126 mg/dL | 5 (45.5) | 11 (40.7) | 16 (42.1) |
| Serum cholesterol level in participants: | |||
| known to have normal cholesterol: | 352 (41.9) | 487 (58.1) | 839 (98.7) |
| <200 mg/dL | 173 (49.1) | 302 (62.0) | 475 (56.6) |
| ≥200mg/dL | 179 (50.9) | 185 (38.0) | 364 (43.4) |
| known to be hypercholesterolemic: | 11 (100) | - | 11 (1.3) |
| <200 mg/dL | - | - | - |
| ≥200 mg/dL | 11 (100) | - | 11 (100) |