Table 5.
Blood pressure levels and anti-hypertensive treatment | Percentage (95% CI) |
Normal blood pressure, no treatment | 57.1% (51.8, 62.3) |
High blood pressure, no pharmacological treatment | 32.6% (27.8, 37.7) |
JNC7 Stage 1 high blood pressure, no pharmacological treatment | 17.6% (13.8, 21.9) |
JNC7 Stage 2 high blood pressure, no pharmacological treatment | 15.0% (11.5, 19.2) |
On pharmacological treatment for high blood pressure | 10.3% (7.3, 13.9) |
Normal blood pressure on pharmacological treatment | 5.29% (3.21, 8.14) |
JNC7 Stage 1 high blood pressure, on pharmacological treatment | 2.79% (1.34, 5.06) |
JNC7 Stage 2 high blood pressure, on pharmacological treatment | 2.23% (0.967, 4.34) |
Lipid profilei | |
Total cholesterol > 5.0 mmol/l | 25.6 (20.4, 31.2) |
HDL cholesterol < 1.2 mmol/l | 22.2 (17.3, 27.7) |
HDL:total cholesterol ≥ 20%ii | 93.5 (89.9, 96.2) |
i no-one was using treatment to lower cholesterol levels.
ii excluding 3 men with an HDL cholesterol at or above 3 mmol/l