TABLE 2.
Mean SBP and DBP (mmHg) by sex and ethnicity, Fiji, 1980–2011
| Mean SBP (95% CI) | Mean DBP (95% CI) | Mean SBP (95%CI) | Mean DBP (95%CI) | |||||||
| Year | N | Previous census | 2007 census | Previous census | 2007 census | N | Previous census | 2007 census | Previous census | 2007 Census |
| i-Taukei men | i-Taukei women | |||||||||
| 1980 | 502 | 121.9 (120.4–123.3) | 123.2 (121.7–124.7) | 73.0 (72.0–74.0) | 74.5 (73.4–75.5) | 507 | 126.0 (124.2–127.8) | 126.8 (124.9–128.7) | 76.2 (75.1–77.3) | 76.7 (75.5–77.8) |
| 1993 | 399 | 129.9 (128.5–131.2) | 130.2 (128.8–131.5) | 81.5 (80.6–82.4) | 81.6 (80.7–82.5) | 445 | 127.1 (125.6–128.6) | 127.6 (126.1–129.1) | 80.2 (79.4–81.0) | 80.5 (79.6–81.3) |
| 2002 | 1212 | 130.8 (129.9–131.8) | 130.9 (130.0–131.8) | 73.7 (73.0–74.3) | 73.8 (73.1–74.4) | 1581 | 129.1 (128.1–130.2) | 129.4 (128.4–130.4) | 76.6 (75.9–77.2) | 76.7 (76.1–77.3) |
| 2004 | 829 | 137.7 (136.5–138.9) | 137.7 (136.5–138.9) | 80.3 (79.5–81.2) | 80.1 (79.3–81.0) | 981 | 135.1 (133.7–136.6) | 135.5 (134.0–136.9) | 81.8 (80.9–82.6) | 81.8 (81.0–82.7) |
| 2011 | 598 | 134.5 (133.0–136.0) | 134.2 (132.8–135.7) | 81.3 (80.4–82.2) | 81.3 (80.4–82.2) | 761 | 131.9 (130.1–133.5) | 131.7 (130.0–133.4) | 81.4 (80.5–82.3) | 81.1 (80.2–82.0) |
| 5-year changea | +2.25* (1.95–2.55) | 2.01* (1.71–2.31) | +0.95* (0.74–1.16) | +0.70* (0.49–0.91) | +1.21* (0.85–1.57) | +1.06* (0.70–1.43) | +0.70* (0.49–0.92) | +0.60* (0.39–0.82) | ||
| Indian men | Indian women | |||||||||
| 1980 | 469 | 122.0 (120.2–123.8) | 124.4 (122.4–126.3) | 74.1 (72.8–75.4) | 75.9 (74.6–77.2) | 521 | 117.1 (115.3–119.0) | 120.4 (118.4–122.4) | 70.8 (69.7–71.9) | 72.2 (71.1–73.4) |
| 1993 | 460 | 123.8 (122.4–125.1) | 125.0 (123.5–126.4) | 77.8 (76.8–78.7) | 78.5 (77.5–79.5) | 446 | 122.7 (121.1–124.4) | 125.6 (123.8–127.4) | 76.1 (75.1–77.1) | 77.4 (76.4–78.5) |
| 2002 | 759 | 125.4 (124.2–126.5) | 125.8 (124.6–127.0) | 74.0 (73.1–74.8) | 74.2 (73.3–75.3) | 1284 | 122.7 (121.6–123.9) | 123.6 (122.4–124.8) | 73.1 (72.4–73.8) | 73.4 (72.7–74.1) |
| 2004 | 652 | 132.2 (130.8–133.6) | 132.8 (131.4–134.3) | 80.2 (79.3–81.2) | 80.6 (79.7–81.5) | 721 | 130.3 (128.5–132.0) | 131.5 (129.8–133.3) | 79.5 (78.5–80.5) | 80.1 (79.1–81.1) |
| 2011 | 466 | 132.7 (131.1–134.3) | 133.0 (131.4–134.7) | 80.9 (79.8–81.9) | 81.3 (80.3–82.4) | 596 | 130.0 (128.1–131.9) | 130.5 (128.6–132.4) | 80.6 (79.6–81.7) | 80.7 (79.7–81.7) |
| 5-year changea | +1.80* (1.46–2.16) | +1.45* (1.11–1.79) | +0.90* (0.67–1.13) | +0.64* (0.41–0.88) | +2.05* (1.67–2.43) | +1.55* (1.16–1.95) | +1.35* (1.13–1.58) | +1.11* (0.88–1.34) | ||
| All men | All women | |||||||||
| 1980 | 971 | 121.9 (120.8–123.1) | 123.7 (122.5–125.0) | 73.5 (72.7–74.4) | 75.2 (74.3–76.0) | 1028 | 121.4 (120.1–122.7) | 123.6 (122.2–125.0) | 73.4 (72.6–74.2) | 74.4 (73.6–75.2) |
| 1993 | 859 | 126.7 (125.7–127.7) | 127.4 (126.3–128.4) | 79.5 (78.9–80.2) | 79.9 (79.3–80.6) | 891 | 124.8 (123.7–125.9) | 126.6 (125.5–127.8) | 78.0 (77.4–78.7) | 78.9 (78.3–79.6) |
| 2002 | 1971 | 128.2 (127.5–128.9) | 128.9 (128.2–129.7) | 73.8 (73.3–74.3) | 73.9 (73.4–74.4) | 2865 | 126.0 (125.3–126.8) | 126.8 (126.0–127.6) | 74.8 (74.4–75.3) | 75.2 (74.7–75.7) |
| 2004 | 1481 | 135.0 (134.1–135.9) | 135.6 (134.6–136.5) | 80.3 (79.7–80.9) | 80.3 (79.7–80.9) | 1702 | 132.7 (131.6–133.9) | 133.8 (132.7–134.9) | 80.6 (80.0–81.3) | 81.1 (80.5–81.7) |
| 2011 | 1064 | 133.7 (132.6–134.8) | 133.7 (132.6–134.8) | 81.2 (80.5–81.8) | 81.3 (80.6–82.0) | 1357 | 131.0 (129.8–132.3) | 131.2 (129.9–132.4) | 81.0 (80.4–81.7) | 80.9 (80.3–81.6) |
| 5-year changea | +2.04* (1.82–2.26) | +1.79* (1.56–2.01) | +0.92* (0.76–1.07) | +0.67* (0.51–0.82) | +1.69* (1.42–1.95) | +1.36* (1.09–1.63) | +1.06* (0.91–1.22) | +0.89* (0.73–1.04) | ||
N, number of participants in stratum; previous census, data adjusted to the most recent previous census for age group and urban-rural distributions by ethnicity and sex to improve representativeness; 2007 census, data age-adjusted to the 2007 census to control for age confounding. CI, confidence interval.
aRepresents the change in means in each 5-year period from linear regression.
*P < 0.001