Table.
Systolic and diastolic arterial blood pressure by standard occupational group at baseline and four years’ follow up of healthy, untreated elderly people (mean age at baseline 74.4 years, mean education 11.2 years) compared with those with incident disease (mean age at baseline 75.8 years, mean education 10.9 years) or hypertension only (mean age at baseline 75.6 years, mean education 10.6 years). Values are mean (SD) unless stated otherwise
| Group | No of patients | Baseline blood pressure (mm Hg)
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Follow up blood pressure (mm Hg)
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| Systolic | Diastolic | Systolic | Diastolic | |||
| Unclassified | 8 | 171 (21) | 92 (4) | 164 (19) | 92 (10) | |
| 1 | 34 | 155 (19) | 83 (10) | 162 (21) | 89 (10) | |
| 2 | 31 | 152 (26) | 82 (11) | 157 (24) | 83 (9) | |
| 3 | 14 | 139 (13) | 82 (9) | 150 (17) | 86 (11) | |
| 4 | 40 | 148 (20) | 84 (10) | 160 (22) | 87 (8) | |
| 5 | 15 | 157 (12) | 85 (6) | 163 (17) | 88 (10) | |
| 6 | 8 | 156 (14) | 83 (7) | 159 (12) | 91 (6) | |
| 7 | 26 | 159 (24) | 82 (8) | 164 (20) | 86 (11) | |
| 8 | 6 | 138 (23) | 83 (11) | 137 (10) | 80 (4) | |
| 9 | 11 | 157 (24) | 88 (11) | 156 (18) | 88 (11) | |
| Healthy | 195 | 153 (22) | 84 (9) | 159 (20) | 87 (10) | |
| Diseased | 163 | 160 (23) | 85 (10) | 159 (22) | 86 (11) | |
| Hypertension only | 29 | 181 (18) | 96 (12) | 169 (18) | 90 (10) | |