Table 2.
Distribution of blood pressure in the oldest old population.
| Blood Pressure | Men | Women | Total | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBP (mean ± SD) | 141.00 ± 23.01 | 141.35 ± 24.60 | 141.22 ± 23.95 | 0.91 | |||
| DBP (mean ± SD) | 81.20 ± 12.99 | 81.86 ± 11.67 | 81.61 ± 12.16 | 0.71 | |||
| High SBP (%) | 50.0 | 49.2 | 49.5 | 0.51 | |||
| High DBP (%) | 18.4 | 28.2 | 24.5 | 0.08 | |||
| JNC – 7 | |||||||
| SBP | DBP | SBP | DBP | SBP | DBP | --- | |
| Normal (%) | 21.1 | 48.7 | 16.1 | 42.7 | 18.0 | 45.0 | |
| Prehypertension (%) | 28.9 | 31.6 | 33.9 | 29.0 | 32.0 | 30.0 | |
| Stage 1 (%) | 27.6 | 7.9 | 29.8 | 21.0 | 29.0 | 16.0 | |
| Stage 2 (%) | 22.4 | 11.8 | 20.2 | 7.3 | 21.0 | 9.0 | |
| Diagnosed and undiagnosed hypertension in the study population | |||||||
| Diagnosed HT (%) | 79.0 | 81.9 | 80.0 | 0.39 | |||
| Undiagnosed HT (%) | 21.0 | 18.1 | 19.2 | 0.39 | |||
| Controlled and uncontrolled hypertension in the individuals who are taking medicines for hypertension (n=104) | |||||||
| Controlled with treatment (%) | 44.4 | 47.1 | 46.2 | 0.43 | |||
| Uncontrolled with treatment (%) | 55.6 | 52.9 | 53.8 | 0.48 | |||
| Controlled and uncontrolled hypertension in the hypertensive individuals who are NOT taking medicines for hypertension (n =63) | |||||||
| Controlled without treatment (%) | 76.9 | 73.0 | 74.6 | ||||
| Uncontrolled without treatment (%) | 23.1 | 27.0 | 25.4 | 0.40 | |||