Table 2.

Prevalence of total hypertension and hypertension according to sex

Reference	Total N	Total prevalence (%)	Male prevalence (%)	Female prevalence (%)
	Male N/Female N	(CI 95%)	(CI 95%)	(CI 95%)
Brandão et al. 1996 [15]	3906	8.7(7.89-9.66)	NI	NI
Candido et al. 2009 [18]	487	3.3*	3.8*	2.8*
	236/251	(2.03-5.31)	(1.99-7.15)	(1.34-5.74)
Chaves et al. 2006 [20]	179	20.1	NI	NI
	90/89	(14.86-26.61)
Christofaro et al. 2010 [22]	233	12.4	10.6	14.2
	120/113	(8.75-17.28)	(6.22-17.49)	(8.90-21.91)
Costa et al. 1998 [16]	646	8.9*	10.9	7
	332/314	(6.94-11.35)	(7.97-14.73)	(4.65-10.40)
Da Silva et al. 2007 [4]	674	7.4	10.2	5.1
	303/371	(5.65-9.64)	(7.26-14.14)	(3.27-7.86)
De Campos et al. 2010 [24]	497	12.6*	13.8	11.5
	260/237	(9.96-15.81)	(10.11-18.55)	(8.02-16.22)
Gomes et al. 2009 [25]	1878	17.3	24	13*
	738/1140	(15.65-19.07)	(21.05-27.21)	(11.17-15.08)
Monego et al. 2006 [27]	2118	2.9*	2.8*	3.1*
	1052/1066	(2.26-3.71)	(1.95-3.98)	(4.41-8.96)
Moura et al. 2004 [28]	898	10.6*	11.8*	9.6*
	380/518	(8.75-12.79)	(8.92-15.44)	(7.34-12.45)
Paixão et al. 2009 [30]	71	4.2	9	0
	33/38	(1.36-12.26)	(3.00-24.57)	(0.005-31.30)
Peters et al. 2009 [31]	205	12.2	NI	NI
	106/99	(8.37-17.42)
Rodrigues et al. 2006 [32]	380	3.4	3.4	3.4
	177/203	(1.98-5.78)	(1.54-7.35)	(1.62-7.00)
Roelofs et al. 2010 [33]	1002	14.7*	17	12.9
	442/560	(12.64-17.03)	(13.77-20.80)	(10.36-15.94)
Rosa et al. 2007 [34]	456	4.6	5.9	3.6
	203/253	(3.02-6.95)	(3.38-10.10)	(1.90-6.74)
Silva et al. 2008 [35]	704	9.5	NI	NI
	333/371	(7.56-11.92)
Souza et al. 2006 [36]	302	2.7	6.1	1.1*
	95/207	(1.36-5.27)	(2.73-13.09)	(0.30-3.94)

NI – No Information * Calculated values CI – Confidence Interval.