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The systolic and diastolic blood pressures in island and rural residents (mmHg).
| Island | Rural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normotensive | Hypertensive | Total | Normotensive | Hypertensive | Total | |
| SBP | 116 ± 10 | 144 ± 18∗ | 132 ± 21 | 116 ± 11 | 144 ± 18∗ | 133 ± 21 |
| DBP | 75 ± 7 | 92 ± 9∗ | 84 ± 12 | 76 ± 6 | 92 ± 9∗ | 86 ± 11† |
∗ P<0.05 vs. normotensive; † P<0.05 vs. Island. SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure.
