Table 5. Prevalences of hypertension according to right and left.
| Subgroups | Total | Number of hypertension (%) | Hypertension at right only | Hypertension at left only | Hypertension at right and left | Hypertension at any arm | κ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) | 95% CI | No. (%) | 95% CI | No. (%) | 95% CI | No. (%) | 95% CI | |||||
| Total | 2,103 | 1,922 (91.4) | 30 (1.4) | 1.0–2.0 | 17 (0.8) | 0.5–1.3 | 134 (6.4) | 5.4–7.5 | 181 (8.6) | 7.4–9.9 | 0.839 | |
| Men | 729 | 613 (84.1) | 15 (2.1) | 1.2–3.4 | 14 (1.9) | 1.1–3.2 | 87 (11.9) | 9.7–14.5 | 116 (15.9) | 13.3–18.8 | 0.834 | |
| Age <50 years | 398 | 344 (86.4) | 9 (2.3) | 1.0–4.3 | 5 (1.3) | 0.4–2.9 | 40 (10.1) | 7.3–13.4 | 54 (13.6) | 10.4–17.3 | 0.831 | |
| Age ≥50 years | 331 | 269 (81.3) | 6 (1.8) | 0.7–3.9 | 9 (2.7) | 1.3–5.1 | 47 (14.2) | 10.6–18.4 | 62 (18.7) | 14.7–23.4 | 0.835 | |
| BMI <23 kg/m2 | 235 | 214 (91.1) | 2 (0.9) | 0.1–3.0 | 1 (0.4) | 0.0–2.4 | 18 (7.7) | 4.6–11.8 | 21 (8.9) | 5.6–13.3 | 0.916 | |
| BMI ≥23 kg/m2 | 494 | 399 (80.8) | 13 (2.6) | 1.4–4.5 | 13 (2.6) | 1.4–4.5 | 69 (14.0) | 11.0–17.3 | 95 (19.2) | 15.9–23.0 | 0.810 | |
| Women | 1,374 | 1,309 (95.3) | 15 (1.1) | 0.6–1.8 | 3 (0.2) | 0.1–0.6 | 47 (3.4) | 2.5–4.5 | 65 (4.7) | 3.7–6.0 | 0.833 | |
| Age <50 years | 553 | 534 (96.6) | 4 (0.7) | 0.2–1.8 | 0 (0.0) | NA | 15 (2.7) | 1.5–4.4 | 19 (3.4) | 2.1–5.3 | 0.879 | |
| Age ≥50 years | 821 | 775 (94.4) | 11 (1.3) | 0.7–2.4 | 3 (0.4) | 0.1–1.1 | 32 (3.9) | 2.7–5.5 | 46 (5.6) | 4.1–7.4 | 0.812 | |
| BMI <23 kg/m2 | 735 | 710 (96.6) | 5 (0.7) | 0.2–1.6 | 2 (0.3) | 0.0–1.0 | 18 (2.5) | 1.5–3.9 | 25 (3.4) | 2.2–5.0 | 0.832 | |
| BMI ≥23 kg/m2 | 639 | 599 (93.7) | 10 (1.6) | 0.8–2.9 | 1 (0.2) | 0.0–0.9 | 29 (4.5) | 3.1–6.4 | 40 (6.3) | 4.5–8.4 | 0.832 | |
Κ means the agreement between the right-left arms in detection of hypertension.
BMI = body mass index; CI = confidence interval.