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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 5.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2012 Jun 5;6(1):36–41. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2012.05.005

Table 3.

Prevalence hypertension by gender and age groups

All
N=2153
Women (N=855) Men (N=1,298)
High Blood Pressure(HBP)*
Overall 19.1(17.4–20.8) 14.9(13.4–16.4) 22.0 (20.2–23.8)
Age (years)
 ≤24 (n=449) 5.6(3.4–7.7) 5.0(1.9–8.1) 6.0(3.0–9.0)
 25–34 (n=757) 9.0(9.6–11.1) 4.1(1.7–6.5) 11.7(8.8–14.6)
 35–44 (n=351) 18.5(14.4–22.7) 16.7(10.5–22.9) 19.8(14.3–25.3)
 45–54 (n=409) 37.7(32.9–42.49) 29.0(22.3–35.7) 44.8(38.1–51.5)
 ≥55 (n=187) 53.5(46.2–60.8) 50.9(37.4–64.4) 54.5(45.8–63.2)
Isolated Systolic Hypertension(ISH)*
Overall 4.6(3.7–5.5) 3.9(3.1–4.7) 5.1(4.2–6.1)
 Age (years)
 ≤24 1.1(0.1–2.1) 0.5(0.0–1.5) 1.6(0.1–3.2)
 25–34 2.0(1.0–3.0) 1.5(0.0–2.98) 2.3(0.9–3.7)
 35–44 1.7(0.3–3.1) 2.1(0.0–4.5) 1.4(0.2–3)
 45–54 9.3(6.4–12.2) 8.1(4.1–12.1) 10.3(6.2–14.4)
 ≥55 18.7(13.24.4) 18.2(7.8–28.6) 18.9(12.1–25.7)
Isolated Diastolic Hypertension(IDH)*
Overall 6.1(5.1–7.1) 5.4(4.4–6.4) 6.6(5.5–7.7)
 Age (years)
 ≤24 3.3(1.6–5.0) 3.5(.9–6.1) 3.2(1–5.4)
 25–34 4.9(3.3–6.5) 2.6(.7–4.5) 6.2(4–8.4)
 35–44 9.1(6–12.2) 9.7(4.8–14.6) 8.7(4.8–12.6)
 45–54 7.8(5.1–10.5) 6.5(2.9–10.1) 9.0(5.2–12.8)
 ≥55 8.6(4.5–12.7) 10.9(2.5–19.3) 7.6(3.0–12.2)
Systolic and Diastolic Hypertension(SDH)*
Overall 7.2(6.1–8.3) 4.7(3.8–5.6) 8.9(7.7–10.1)
 Age (years)
 ≤24 1.1(0.1–2.1) 1.0(0.0–2.4) 1.2(0.0–2.6)
 25–34 2.1(1.1–3.1) 0.0(0.0–0.0) 3.3(1.7–4.9)
 35–44 5.1(2.8–7.5) 4.2(0.9–7.5) 5.8(2.6–9.1)
 45–54 18.3(14.5–22.1) 11.8(7.1–16.5) 23.8(18.0–30.0)
 ≥55 22.5(16.4–28.6) 18.2(7.8–28.6) 24.2(16.7–31.7)
*

HBP: SBP ≥ 140 mmHg or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg or on antihypertensive treatment, ISH: SBP ≥ 140 mmHg and DBP <90 mmHg; IDH: SBP < 140 mmHg and DBP ≥ 90 mmHg; SDH:SBP ≥ 140 mmHg and DBP ≥ 90 mmHg.