TABLE 5.
Proportions of obese persons (body mass index greater than 30 kg/m2) before and after hypertension diagnosis by antihypertensive medication use
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Women
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| Before, n (%) | After, % | ARR, % | RRR, % | P | Before, n (%) | After, % | ARR, % | RRR, % | P | Before, n (%) | After, % | ARR, % | RRR, % | P | ||
| Taking any antihypertensive medication | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 179 (23.7) | 26.7 | –3.0 | –12.7 | 0.05* | 70 (20.1) | 21.2 | –1.1 | –5.5 | 0.47 | 120 (25.2) | 28.2 | –3.0 | –11.9 | 0.06 | |
| No | 127 (25.3) | 27.7 | –2.4 | –9.5 | 0.20 | 51 (20.1) | 22.1 | –2.0 | –10.0 | 0.30 | 79 (26.6) | 28.3 | –1.7 | –6.4 | 0.42 | |
| Among those taking antihypertensive medication | ||||||||||||||||
| Beta-blockers | Yes | 42 (18.4) | 23.7 | –5.3 | –28.8 | <0.01* | 15 (14.4) | 16.4 | –2.0 | –13.9 | 0.32 | 27 (21.8) | 29.8 | –8.0 | –36.7 | 0.01* |
| No | 148 (24.8) | 25.8 | –1.0 | –4.0 | 0.46 | 55 (22.5) | 23.3 | –0.8 | –3.6 | 0.69 | 93 (26.4) | 27.6 | –1.2 | –4.5 | 0.53 | |
Absolute risk reduction (ARR) is the absolute risk difference between before and after percentages, while the relative risk reduction (RRR) consists of the ARR as a percentage of the risk factor before hypertension diagnosis.
*Statistically significant at P≤0.05 as calculated by McNemar’s test