Table 3.

Prevalence of High blood pressure and abdominal obesity of population by sex and age

Variable	Abdominal obesity				p	High blood pressure				p
	Yes		No			Yes		No
Gender	Number	%	Number	%		Number	%	Number	%	0.063
Female	432	47.9	108	12	0.000	201	22.3	339	37.6
Male	60	6.7	302	33.5		154	17.1	208	23.1
Age group
25-34	185	20.5	178	19.7	0.084	97	10.8	266	29.5	0.000
35-49	195	21.6	134	14.9		130	14.4	199	22.1
50-64	112	12.4	98	10.9		128	14.2	82	9.1