Table 3.
Characteristics of the Saudi Biobank population not taking antihypertensive medications meeting the definition of Hypertension and recommended antihypertensive according to 2017 ACC/AHA guideline and JNC-7 guideline, 2017–2020
| Hypertension according to | Recommended treatment by | |||||
| ACC (n=4121) | JNC-7 (n=1438) | ACC but not JNC-7 (n=2683) | ACC (n=2783) | JNC-7 (n=743) | ACC but not JNC-7 (n=2040) | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 31.52 (9.76) | 33.27 (10.73) | 30.58 (9.06) | 32.53 (10.23) | 34.06 (10.61) | 31.97 (10.04) |
| Male gender, % | 60.88 | 66.27 | 57.99 | 60.15 | 65.28 | 58.28 |
| Tobacco use, % | 17.10 | 17.93 | 16.65 | 17.06 | 17.93 | 16.73 |
| Diabetes, % | 39.75 | 40.13 | 39.55 | 58.86 | 77.66 | 52.01 |
| CVD, % | 20.77 | 22.11 | 20.05 | 30.76 | 25.30 | 32.75 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | ||||||
| Underweight | 3.09 | 2.29 | 3.51 | 2.66 | 1.75 | 2.99 |
| Normal weight | 29.50 | 23.64 | 32.65 | 26.94 | 22.07 | 28.72 |
| Overweight | 32.64 | 30.39 | 33.84 | 33.02 | 30.55 | 33.92 |
| Obese | 30.30 | 36.72 | 26.86 | 32.16 | 38.63 | 29.80 |
| Extremely obese | 4.47 | 6.95 | 3.14 | 5.22 | 7.0 | 4.57 |
| Waist circum., cm | ||||||
| Not normal, % | 47.25 | 57.37 | 41.82 | 50.99 | 58.55 | 48.24 |
| Waist–hip ratio | ||||||
| Not normal, % | 23.88 | 28.93 | 21.17 | 26.05 | 29.21 | 24.90 |
| Systolic blood pressure Mean (SD) |
132.57 (16.51) | 143.81 (20.88) | 126.55 (9.00) | 135.59 (18.30) | 147.43 (26.75) | 131.28 (11.26) |
| Diastolic blood pressure Mean (SD) |
84.26 (10.19) | 90.49 (13.17) | 80.92 (5.88) | 86.00 (11.28) | 93.48 (16.06) | 83.27 (7.20) |
ACC/AHA, American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association; BMI, body mass index; CVD, cardiovascular disease; JNC-7, Joint National Committee 7 Blood Pressure Guideline.