Table 1.
Distributions of blood pressure and hypertension among 330 (321 males and 9 females) professional firefighters
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
|
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | <120 [% (N)] |
120–139 [% (N)] |
140–159 [% (N)] |
160–168 [% (N)] |
Mean (SD) | <80 [% (N)] |
80–89 [% (N)] |
90–99 [% (N)] |
100–101 [% (N)] |
|
| Total (N = 330, 100 %) | 111.9 (11.8) | 75.5 (249) | 21.8 (72) | 2.4 (8) | 0.3 (1) | 75.8 (7.6) | 60.6 (200) | 34.8 (115) | 3.6 (12) | 0.9 (3) |
| Non-hypertensive (N = 294, 89.1 %) | 110.0***a (9.6) | 81.6 (240) | 18.4 (54) | 74.7***a (6.7) | 66.3 (195) | 33.7 (99) | ||||
| Hypertensive (N = 36, 10.9 %) | 127.6***a (16.1) | 25.0 (9) | 50.0 (18) | 22.2 (8) | 2.8 (1) | 85.0***a (8.9) | 13.9 (5) | 44.4 (16) | 33.3 (12) | 8.3 (3) |
| Taking anti-hypertensive medications? | ||||||||||
| Yes (N = 24, 6.7 %) | 121.0***b (12.9) | 37.5 (9) | 54.2 (13) | 8.3 (2) | 81.3***b (7.9) | 20.8 (5) | 58.3 (14) | 20.8 (5) | ||
| No (N = 12, 3.6 %) | 140.7***b (13.8) | 41.7 (5) | 50.0 (6) | 8.3 (1) | 92.3***b (5.8) | 16.7 (2) | 58.3 (7) | 25.0 (3) | ||
All female firefighters were non-hypertensive
***a
p < 0.01 at ANOVA test between non-hypertensives and hypertensives
***b
p < 0.01 at ANOVA test between anti-hypertensive medication takers and non-takers