Table 4.
Distribution of mean blood pressures of the study population according to sex and age group
|
Age group (years) |
SBP (mmHg) |
t |
p |
DBP (mmHg) |
t |
p |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |||||
| 10–13 |
99.43 ± 10.45 |
104.73 ± 11.69 |
5.74 |
0.01* |
66.85 ± 6.51 |
69.26 ± 8.31 |
3.89 |
0.01* |
| 14–16 |
107.30 ± 11.12 |
109.94 ± 11.06 |
4.552 |
0.01* |
70.46 ± 7.00 |
72.25 ± 7.97 |
4.54 |
0.01* |
| 17–18 | 113.11 ± 10.40 | 113.40 ± 11.69 | 0.340 | 0.73 | 73.45 ± 7.37 | 74.41 ± 8.27 | 1.53 | 0.13 |
*Statistically significant p-values at 0.05 level of significance.