. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Asia Pac J Public Health. 2011 Jun 8;24(6):970–980. doi: 10.1177/1010539511409393

Table 2.

Adjusted Prevalence^a of Hypertension per 1000 Persons (95% CI) at a BMI of 18.5 kg/m² by Age Group and Parental History of Hypertension^b in Chinese Adults

	Young Adults (24–39 Years)		Middle-Aged Adults (40–71 Years)
	Negative	Positive	Negative	Positive
Hypertension^c	7 (3, 11)	35 (15, 54)	77 (61, 94)	61 (27, 96)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index.

Model includes age, alcohol, smoking, gender, and field center.

Subjects were classified as having a positive parental history of hypertension if hypertension was reported by at least one parent and negative if hypertension was not reported in either parent.

Hypertension was defined as a systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg, or self-report of current antihypertensive medication use.