Table 3.
Mean systolic and DBPs and prevalence of hypertension among workers using the 140/90 and 160/95 mmHg BP cut-off points
| Prevalence BP 140/90 mmHg % | Prevalence BP 160/95 mmHg % | |||||||||
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| No. | Study population | Mean age±sd | Males | Females | Total sample | Males | Females | Total sample | Mean SBP | Mean DBP |
| 1 | Airport authority workers (75)a | SHT=21.7; DHT=18.2 | Severe SHT=3.9; severe DHT=0.7 | |||||||
| 2 | Bank workers (73) | Men 34.3±7.7; women 32.3±7.0 | 22.2 | 14.2 | 19.5 | 10.4 | 7.1 | 9.3 | Men 118.2±17.3; women 113.7±16.7 | Men 76.1±11.5; women 72.4±11.4 |
| 3 | Bank workers (74)b | SHT=17.9; DHT=21.1 | ||||||||
| 4 | Civil servants (30)c | 44.0±10.1 | 31.7 | 28.0 | 30.2 | 128.5 | 79 | |||
| 5 | Civil servants (79) | 19.3 | 13.7 | 18.6 | 6.2 | 4.1 | 5.9 | Men (20–54 years) 124.7±10.9; women (20–44 years) 121.5±15.6 | Men (20–54 years) 73.4±10.9; women (20–44 years) 73.8±9.7 | |
| 6 | Civil servants (51) | 41 | 19.3 | 9.9 | 15.8 | 117.4±17.6 | 76.1±13.5 | |||
| 7 | Civil servants (53)d | 40.0±8.3 | 13.9 | 5.3 | 10.3 | |||||
| 8 | Civil servants and health workers (55) | 44.8±8.5 | 20.5 | 25.5 | 23.3 | 129.2±16.8 | 81.3±10.5 | |||
| 9 | Civil servants (47, 48) | Men 37.8; women 34.9 | 34.2 | 16.5 | 30.4 | 17.8 | 10.7 | 16.3 | Men 127.9±17.7; women 116.4±15.1 | Men 82.2±12.6; women 75.4±11.3 |
| 10 | Civil servants, factory and plantation workers (50)d | 8.9 | 3.5 | 8.1 | ||||||
| 11 | Civil servants (56) | 42.7±9.8 | 54.1 | |||||||
| 12 | Factory and hotel workers (45) | Men 39.3±9.7; women 35.4±8.8 | 21.9 | 19.9 | 21.3 | 7.4 | 10.1 | 8.2 | Men 126.7±17.5; women 123.3±20.2 | Men 75.2±11.6; women 74.6±11.7 |
| 13 | Farmers and industrial workers (42)d | 97.8% of industrial workers and 55.7% of farmers <50 years | 12.3 | |||||||
| 14 | Female traders (37) | 37.3±12.8 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 122.0±20.0 | 78.0±13.0 | ||
| 15 | Female traders (39) | Men 45.5±11.9; women 42.3±11.0 | 34.8 | 34.8 | ||||||
| 16 | Goldminers and rubber company workers (78)d,e | 8.9 | ||||||||
| 17 | Health workers (80) | 47.7±5.4 | 37.5 | 128.0±16.8 | 80.5±10.5 | |||||
| 18 | Health workers (64) | 42.9 | 17.7 | 17.4 | 17.5 | |||||
| 19 | Health workers (62) | 36.5 | ||||||||
| 20 | Health workers (65)d | 41.1±10.1 | 20.1 | |||||||
| 21 | Health workers (66) | 42.03±9.4 | 34.9 | |||||||
| 22 | Male automobile garage workers (71)d | 30.2±7.8 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 122.3±17.5 | 75.9±11.6 | ||||
| 23 | Male battery factory workers (44) | 20.3 | 20.3 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 128.0±13.4 | 69.6±11.0 | |||
| 24 | Male commercial motorcyclists; market women (81) | Men=23.1; women=25.0 | 16 | 12 | Men 136; women 122 | Men 81 women 83.4 | ||||
| 25 | Male civil servants, male field labourers (54, 82)d,e | 14.4 | 10.4 | 13.3 | Rural clerks 127.7±17.1; rural labourers 124.9±21.4 | Rural clerks 83.4±11.6; rural labourers 80.3±11.6 | ||||
| 26a | Male rural farmers (70) | 63.0±12.6 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 121.1±17.9 | 70.6±10.9 | ||
| 26b | Retired railway workmen (70) | 60.2±8.5 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 127.0±24.2 | 76.1±13.5 | ||
| 27 | Market workers (40) | 38.0±13.3 | 46.3 | 37.7 | 42.2 | 129.2±20.8 | 84.5±14.5 | |||
| 28 | Medical school lecturers (59)d | 46.1±9.6 | 24.5 | 15.4 | 21.3 | |||||
| 29 | Musical shop operators (83)d | 26.9±7.6 | 55.6 | 134.7±14.3 | 88.4±9.7 | |||||
| 30 | Pharmaceutical industry workers (46)d | 51.3 | 43.5 | 48.0 | ||||||
| 31 | Policemen and male civil servants (52)d | Policemen 23.2 years; civil servants 28.6 years | 28.7 | 28.7 | 8.5 | 8.5 | Policemen 130.0±15.3; civil servants 134.0±18.8 | Policemen 76.0±14.4; civil servants 75.0±14.9 | ||
| 32 | Port workers (76) | 46.0±6.0 | 32.6 | 11.1 | 29.7 | |||||
| 33 | Professional drivers (41)d | 41.1±6.1 | 22.5 | 22.5 | ||||||
| 34 | Rubber plantation workers (43) | 12.5 | Men 125.6; women 123.0 | Men 72.4; women 71.9 | ||||||
| 35 | Senior executives of industries and companies (68)d | 36.1 | 29.8 | 34.7 | 5.8 | 12.8 | 7.4 | Men 129.8; women 127.4 | Men 82.6; women 80.1 | |
| 36 | Staff of a government organisation and private factory (67)d | 40.3±9.6 | 28.4 | 22.9 | 27.0 | 130.4±20.5 | 83.3±12.0 | |||
| 37 | Traders (38)d | 43.9±12.7 | 21.2 | 43.4 | 36.3 | 8.2 | 18.1 | 15.0 | 128.9±23.5 | 80.5±12.7 |
| 38 | Traditional chiefs (77)d | 56.5±4.1 | 68.9 | 68.9 | ||||||
| 39 | University staff (60) | 40.5±10.8 | 40.0 | 21.7 | 34.0 | |||||
| 40 | University staff (57)d | 29.0 | ||||||||
| 41 | University staff (58)f | 37.4±9.5 | 21.5 | |||||||
| 42 | University staff (61) | Men=41; women=43 | 11.2 | 17.3 | 13.4 | |||||
| 43 | Vegetable, cereal and tuber mill operators (72) | 41 | 20.0 | 18.2 | 19.2 | |||||
| 44 | Information technology workers (31) | 46.2±7.6 | 26.3 | 20.6 | 24.1 | 14.3 | 7.4 | 11.9 | ||
| 45 | Telecommunication workers (69) | 41.8±9.1 | 43.7 | 151.7±13.6 | 97.1±9.1 | |||||
a
Based on SHT
b
based on DHT
c
mean BP: Addo et al. (30) uses median SBP and DBP
d
definition of HTN: based on measurement only
e
BP threshold 160/100 mmHg
f
based on self-reported previous diagnosis of HTN. BP=blood pressure; HTN=hypertension; SBP=systolic blood pressure; DBP=diastolic blood pressure; SHT=systolic hypertension; DHT=diastolic hypertension.