Table 6.

Blood pressure and LDL-Cholesterol (mmol/L ± SD, adjusted for age, gender, and diabetes).

	Total (N = 11,529)	Northern Europe (N = 3, 723)	Southern Europe (N = 4, 679)	North America (N = 904)	Middle East (N = 485)	Asia (N = 1, 738)	P value
SBP (mmHg)
<120	2.9 (0.044)	3.0 (0.088)	3.0 (0.076)	2.5 (0.109)	2.8 (0.231)	2.8 (0.093)	0.0003
120–139	3.0 (0.048)	3.1 (0.035)	3.0 (0.028)	2.4 (0.054)	2.9 (0.121)	2.9 (0.042)	<0.0001
140–159	3.2 (0.015)	3.2 (0.025)	3.2 (0.024)	2.6 (0.053)	3.4 (0.075)	3.0 (0.038)	<0.0001
160–179	3.3 (0.020)	3.3 (0.033)	3.3 (0.032)	2.7 (0.081)	3.5 (0.080)	3.3 (0.057)	<0.0001
≥180	3.4 (0.034)	3.4 (0.055)	3.5 (0.058)	3.0 (0.153)	3.9 (0.131)	3.5 (0.096)	<0.0001
P value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0005	<0.0001
DBP (mmHg)
<90	3.0 (0.013)	3.1 (0.022)	3.1 (0.021)	2.4 (0.037)	3.0 (0.081)	2.9 (0.031)	<0.0001
90–99	3.3 (0.016)	3.3 (0.028)	3.3 (0.027)	2.8 (0.074)	3.4 (0.073)	3.1 (0.045)	<0.0001
100–109	3.4 (0.026)	3.4 (0.047)	3.4 (0.041)	2.9 (0.141)	3.9 (0.098)	3.4 (0.069)	<0.0001
≥110	3.5 (0.049)	3.5 (0.086)	3.6 (0.080)	3.9 (0.311)	3.5 (0.169)	3.6 (0.151)	0.5736
P value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
RR (mmHg)
uncontrolled*	3.4 (0.014)	3.3 (0.019)	3.3 (0.018)	2.7 (0.042)	3.5 (0.050)	3.1 (0.029)	<0.0001
controlled**	3.0 (0.012)	3.0 (0.034)	3.0 (0.027)	2.4 (0.050)	2.9 (0.115)	2.9 (0.040)	<0.0001
P value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001

*SBP/DBP ≥140/90 in non-diabetic and ≥130/80 in diabetic patients, **<140/90 in non-diabetic and <130/80 in diabetic patients.