Table 3. Prevalence of hypertension by conventional blood pressure measurement and ambulatory blood pressure measurement.
| The study population | Goyang | Seoul | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | % (SE) | p* | % (SE) | p* | |
| CBPM | 108 | 23.38 | 17.54 (1.97) | 21.24 (1.46) | ||
| Men | 59 | 34.94 | 26.36 (3.80) | <0.0001 | 26.59 (2.38) | 0.0002 |
| Women | 50 | 16.89 | 10.80 (1.78) | 15.92 (1.67) | ||
| 24-hour ABPM | 184 | 39.83 | 32.70 (2.79) | |||
| Men | 93 | 56.02 | 44.25 (4.94) | <0.0001 | ||
| Women | 91 | 30.74 | 21.57 (2.74) | |||
*by Rao-Scott Chi-Square Test. SE: standard error, CBPM: conventional blood pressure measurement, ABPM: ambulatory blood pressure monitoring