Table 4. Age- and sex-adjusted prevalence of pre-hypertension and hypertension by geographic region and age category.
| Pre-hypertension N = 34161 |
Hypertension N = 27941 |
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| Prevalence (95% CI) | P trend | Prevalence (95% CI) | P trend | |
| Overall | 38.8 (37.7–39.8) | 31.5 (30.2–32.8) | ||
| By geographic region | ||||
| Central | 39.3 (37.6–41.0) | 0.48 | 34.3 (32.6–36.0) | 0.22 |
| West | 37.2 (35.0–39.4) | 32.5 (30.3–34.8) | ||
| West Nile | 37.6 (35.5–39.7) | 24.1 (22.0–26.3) | ||
| North | 34.8 (32.2–37.4) | 22.0 (19.4–24.6) | ||
| East | 41.2 (38.9–43.4) | 32.3 (30.2–34.4) | ||
| By age category | ||||
| 12–20 years2 | 37.6 (35.3–39.8) | 0.05 | 12.8 (10.5–15.1)2 | 0.01 |
| 21–40 years | 42.8 (41.2–44.5) | 23.0 (21.5–24.4) | ||
| 41–60 years | 34.7 (32.4–36.9) | 49.8 (46.7–52.9) | ||
| >60 years | 30.3 (26.4–34.3) | 56.2 (51.8–60.6) | ||
CI, confidence interval
1Pre-hypertension includes participants ≥12 years; hypertension restricted to those ≥18 years of age
2Hypertension restricted to participants 18 to 20 years of age