Table 3.

Age-standardized systolic and diastolic blood pressure among 25-74-year-old citizens in Yangon Region, Myanmar, in 2004 and 2014, by gender and location (Standardized to the 2014 Census Data of Yangon Region)

	Systolic Blood pressure			Diastolic Blood Pressure
	2004 Mean(SE)	2014 Mean(SE)	p-value	2004 Mean(SE)	2014 Mean(SE)	p-value
Male	124.8 (0.88)	130.2 (0.83)	<0.001*	76.3 (0.60)	81.5 (0.63)	<0.001*
Female	121.2 (0.87)	126.2 (0.99)	<0.001*	76.1 (0.37)	80.3 (0.73)	<0.001*
Total	122.8 (0.82)	128.1 (0.53)	<0.001*	76.2 (0.35)	80.9 (0.53)	<0.001*
Urban
Male	124.4 (1.27)	130.4 (0.95)	0.002*	77.2 (0.86)	82.1 (0.92)	0.001*
Female	120.7 (1.29)	126.3 (1.49)	0.014*	76.2 (0.48)	80.4 (1.10)	0.003*
Total	122.2 (1.22)	127.9 (0.79)	0.001*	76.6 (0.48)	81.2 (0.78)	<0.001*
Rural
Male	125.1 (1.25)	129.3 (0.26)	0.014*	74.4 (0.75)	80.0 (0.35)	<0.001*
Female	121.8 (0.52)	125.1 (0.84)	0.008*	75.9 (0.54)	79.9 (0.36)	<0.001*
Total	123.7 (0.83)	127.4 (0.42)	0.001*	75.4 (0.39)	80.0 (0.21)	<0.001*

*p-value <0.05, by Wald test- for mean differences between 2004 and 2014