Table 2.

Prevalence of hypertension subtypes according to sex of patients.

Variable	% hypertensive
Gender	All hypertension	Combined systolic/diastolic	Isolated diastolic	Isolated systolic
Male	24.7	10.5	5.1	8.2
Female	18.6	7.6	2.9	7.5
Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)	1.44 (1.25–1.66)	1.43 (1.17–1.75)	1.90 (1.32–2.45)	1.10 (0.89–1.37)
P value	<0.001	0.001	<.001	0.200