Table 4.
Age-specific prevalence of hypertension among workers in West Africa
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| Study population | Location | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T |
| Civil servants (30) | Accra | 9.8 | 20.1 | 43.9 | 49.4 | |||||||||||
| Civil servants (48) | Bendel State | 20.3 | 12.9 | 18.2 | 36.5 | 16.0 | 32.0 | 52.0 | 44.4 | 51.4 | ||||||
| Civil servants (79) | Sokoto | 8.9 | 3.8 | 12.1 | 17.6 | 23.0 | 23.1 | 54.5 | ||||||||
| Civil servants (50) | Calabar | 1.4 | 5.9 | 12.6 | 22.3 | 27.8 | ||||||||||
| Civil servants (51) | Benin City, Edo State | 3.9 | 11.0 | 27.1 | 42.5 | |||||||||||
| Male civil servants (52) | Benin City, Bendel State | 29.3 | 27.7 | 38.5 | 68.9 | |||||||||||
| Policemen (52) | Benin City, Bendel State | 15.7 | 21.6 | 31.8 | 58.8 | |||||||||||
| University staff (58) | Ibadan | |||||||||||||||
| Bank workers (73) | Ibadan | 17.9 | 2.8 | 10.7 | 15.1 | 7.9 | 12.6 | 21.9 | 26.5 | 23.3 | 50.7 | 28.0 | 44.8 | 83.3 | 100.0 | 85.7 |
| Health workers (80) | Umuahia, Abia State | 31.1 | 36.3 | 57.9 | ||||||||||||
| Industrial and hotel workers (45) | Dakar | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 11.7 | 7.9 | 10.4 | 17.9 | 21.8 | 19.2 | 36.1 | 47.7 | 39.6 | |||
| University staff (61) | Lome | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 8.93 | 12.3 | 16.7 | 25.2 | 43.8 | 40 | |||||
M=males; F=females; T=total sample.