Table 3.
Prevalence of H-type hypertension in Kazakh and Uyghur rural adults according to gender.
| Sex | Kazakh (Survey) |
Kazakh (Hypertensive Patients) |
Uyghur (Survey) |
Uyghur (Hypertensive Patients) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Patients | Prevalence | n | Patients | Prevalence | n | Patients | Prevalence | n | Patients | Prevalence | |
| Female | 570 | 160 | 28.1 | 200 | 160 | 80.0 | 567 | 129 | 22.8 | 163 | 129 | 79.1 |
| Male | 433 | 192 | 44.3 * | 202 | 192 | 95.0 # | 610 | 231 | 37.9 * | 246 | 231 | 93.9 # |
| Total | 1003 | 352 | 35.1 | 404 | 352 | 87.6 | 1177 | 360 | 30.6 | 409 | 360 | 88.0 |
Note: # = Data are expressed as n (%). Descriptive characteristics were compared by the χ2 test and the trend test. * = p < 0.05 versus females from the same ethnic group.