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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Hypertens. 2019 Apr;37(4):685–695. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001966

Table 2.

Hypertension prevalence by sex, age, and healthcare access (N=886).

Crude N Overall N with hypertension (%) Men N with hypertension (%) Women N with hypertension (%) p-value men vs women
Overall (includes self-reported treatment from a clinic) 886 179 (20.3%) 66 (22.3%) 113 (18.9%) 0.425
 Level 1 (includes only measured blood pressure) 108 (12.6%) 44 (15.4%) 64 (10.7%) 0.333
 Level 2 (includes only measured blood pressure) 53 (6.2%) 19 (6.2%) 34 (6.1%)
 Pre-hypertension (includes only measured blood pressure) 278 (27.5%) 115 (29.0%) 163 (26.4%)
Among those with measured hypertension, type 161
 Both systolic and diastolic 69 (48.8%) 23 (45.2%) 46 (52.0%) 0.667
 Systolic only 37 (20.5%) 16 (21.6%) 21 (19.5%)
 Diastolic only 55 (30.7%) 24 (33.1%) 31 (28.5%)
Overall, age standardized to WHO world population 28.5% 29.6% 28.0%

Age

 18-24 258 21 (7.1%) 9 (13.5%) 12 (3.7%) 0.013
 25-30 212 35 (16.8%) 13 (16.4%) 22 (17.1%) 0.908
 31-44 261 61 (23.9%) 21 (16.9%) 40 (30.1%) 0.089
 ≥45 155 62 (43.6%) 23 (48.8%) 39 (39.6%) 0.262

Healthcare access

Sought medical care in past year
 Yes 300 72 (22.3%) 21 (26.6%) 51 (20.5%) 0.400
 No 585 107 (19.2%) 45 (20.8%) 62 (17.9%) 0.458
Did not receive needed care in past six months
 Yes 232 62 (28.9%) 19 (26.4%) 43 (30.4%) 0.565
 No 654 117 (17.3%) 47 (21.0%) 70 (14.6%) 0.094