Table 1.
Classification of blood pressure values (mmHg) of hypertensive patients in the SHIP-0 cohort1according to the WHO-guidelines [[13]]
| |
Females (N = 734) |
Males (N = 1027) |
Total (N = 1761) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % (95% CI2) | N | % (95% CI2) | N | % (95% CI2) | |
|
optimal |
23 |
3.0 |
9 |
0.5 |
32 |
1.6 |
| syst: <120 mmHg/diast: <80 mmHg |
|
(1.7 – 4.3) |
|
(0.1 – 0.9) |
|
(1.0 – 2.2) |
|
normal |
53 |
6.8 |
29 |
2.5 |
82 |
4.4 |
| syst: 120–129 mmHg/diast: 80–84 mmHg |
|
(4.9 – 8.7) |
|
(1.5 – 3.5) |
|
(3.4 – 5.4) |
|
high-normal |
94 |
12.6 |
78 |
6.7 |
172 |
9.3 |
| syst: 130–139 mmHg/diast: 85–89 mmHg |
|
(10.1 – 15.1) |
|
(5.1 – 8.3) |
|
(7.9 – 10.7) |
|
mild hypertension (grade 1) |
215 |
31.3 |
325 |
35.4 |
540 |
33.6 |
| syst: 140–159 mmHg/diast: 90–99 mmHg |
|
(27.8 – 34.7) |
|
(32.3 – 38.6) |
|
(31.3 – 36.0) |
|
moderate hypertension (grade 2) |
97 |
13.7 |
192 |
20.5 |
289 |
17.5 |
| syst:160–179 mmHg/diast: 100–109 mmHg |
|
(11.2 – 16.3) |
|
(17.7 – 23.3) |
|
(15.6–19.5) |
|
severe hypertension (grade 3) |
41 |
5.1 |
80 |
7.1 |
121 |
6.3 |
| syst: ≥180 mmHg/diast: ≥110 mmHg |
|
(3.5 – 6.8) |
|
(5.5 – 8.7) |
|
(5.1 – 7.4) |
|
isolated systolic hypertension |
211 |
27.4 |
314 |
27.2 |
525 |
27.3 |
| syst: ≥140 mmHg/diast: <90 mmHg | (24.1 – 30.8) | (24.4 – 30.3) | (25.1 – 29.5) | |||
1Study participants with blood pressure values ≥140/90 mmHg and/or antihypertensive medication with known hypertension and/or study participants with risk-comorbidity (diabetes, stroke, angina pectoris, and/or myocardial infarction) and blood pressure values ≥130/80 mmHg.
2CI confidence interval.